Days in the Garden in Emerald, Victoria, Australia | Gardener

Days in the Garden

Locality: Emerald, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 403 792 027

Address: 4 majestic Drive 3782 Emerald, VIC, Australia

Website: http://daysinthegarden.com/

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25.01.2022 It's been a big few months for Day's in the Garden. Summer time is always about mowing, plenty of cutting back and around the Emerald area also fuel reduction. With the current weather that we are having where we get days of sunshine, followed by rain, all the plants (even including the weeds) are loving it. Of course weeds are best pulled out, rather than cut back and this job is so much easier when the soil is wet following a good soaking rain. Such as days like today!

25.01.2022 Do you need someone with a brushcutter? Day and the team from Days in The Garden can tame your weeds. Be it thick blackberries, ivy, holly, pittosporums or whatever is taking over your spot, we can help. Everything from a small block to acerage and small farms. And now is the time to do it before it all starts growing again in the Spring. Based in Emerald and servicing the surrounding towns. Call Day now on 0403 792 027, or visit the website at https://www.daysinthegarden.com/ Days in the Garden also organizes mowing, weeding, planting, pruning, watering systems and other small construction jobs.

23.01.2022 We mow nature strips from $12, all the way up to many acres on a ride on and everything in between. Call Day on 0403 792 027 for a quote today.

23.01.2022 How many of these flowers from around my own garden can you identify?

21.01.2022 Ok, another set of photos from around my garden. You know the drill, how many can you identify? Also, can you guess the theme?

21.01.2022 A big couple of weeks for Day's in the Garden. Plenty of cutting back hedges and trees. Cleaned up a yard that was well overdue for a clean, planted a lovely line of some beautiful conifers and removed some plants, stumps and a clothes line! Today though was the beginning of a new fence and retaining wall. Todays job, dig out the holes. I cannot stress how much easier this task is with a proper post hole digger. It costs a little more but a hydraulic post-hole digger ma...kes the whole job (pun intended) a LOT easier. Nice deep wide holes will make tomorrows job of putting the posts in a lot easier. Also I cannot recommend Damian at Utility Locating Victoria enough. He was awesome and let me know exactly where the water, gas and electricity lines were so I could well avoid them. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Utility-Locating-Victoria/388543107971699 See more

21.01.2022 As you would most likely be aware, Stage 4 restrictions were recently introduced by the Victorian Government, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In light of this, Days in the Garden will momentarily pause services provided by our team during the next six weeks, or for the duration of the restrictions. We appreciate your understanding as we all work together to stay safe in these extraordinary times. We understand concerns that you may have, with spring just aroun...d the corner, we can expect quite a bit of growth over the coming weeks as our beautiful gardens begin to wake up from their winter hibernation. However, rest assured, once restrictions are lifted, my staff and I will be available and committed to work whatever hours you require to get your gardens back under control. Please do not hesitate to email, phone or text me if you have any questions, or requests for extra work once these restrictions are lifted. Please stay safe and stay healthy. Kind Regards Day Gowland

18.01.2022 Re finding a lovely area of a customers garden today. Before and after shots.

16.01.2022 It’s August already, and that means that spring is just around the corner. This month it’s time to prepare the garden for its beautiful display in the not too distant future! It is tempting to think that the winter is finally over, and to get stuck into jobs such as laying lawn, planting summer crops and spraying weeds. Try to defer these projects for a few more weeks, though, as most plants in the garden are still quite dormant at this stage. However, there are plenty of ...activities that can be undertaken, to help prepare yourself, and your garden, for the arrival of spring. Pulling out weeds is a great one. This can, of course, be done all year round, but by pulling out as much as possible now it will reduce the amount that needs to be done in the springtime, freeing up time to do more enjoyable things. With every weed that you pull out, try your best to take it out by the roots to minimize the chance of the weed growing back. It is often tempting simply to spray weeds at this time of year, but because they are not actively growing, very little of the weed killing agent is absorbed, rendering it ineffective. If weedspray must be used, it is better applied in the spring. Controlling moss in lawns, however, is most effectively achieved in winter, because the moss is actively growing. There are many lawns in this area that I have seen suffering from patches of moss in them. The application of iron sulphate to affected areas will help control these patches, and in the spring time, will also help to bring a deep green colour to your lawn. Read the instructions carefully, though, as this can be very strong stuff! Getting your tools in the best condition possible now will save you time in the springtime too. Make sure all the blades are sharpened; take the lawn mower and whipper-snipper in for a service now to avoid costly breakdowns when they are most needed in the spring. It’s also a good time to apply fertilizer. Doing so now will allow the fertilizer a few weeks to absorb into the soil, and your plants will be thankful for the extra nutrition when they finally waken. Lastly, don’t forget to apply mulch to all your garden beds. With all the lovely rainfall the Hills has received over the winter, putting mulch on the beds now will lock in the moisture for the warmer months ahead.

15.01.2022 Custom made gate, ready for delivery and install.

12.01.2022 Some more pictures from around my own garden. Lots of stuff happening over the last couple of days.

09.01.2022 Days in the Garden is expanding once again. We are looking for another casual gardener to work 1-3 days a week. Must have a current drivers licence and some experiencing in gardening/weeding. If you think this suits you, get in contact with Day on 0403 792 027

07.01.2022 So in some organized spare time, Days in the Garden currently donates time to Parks Victoria - Yarra Ranges Office to help them get their walking tracks back in order. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1513420072086346&id=1500622016699485

07.01.2022 Days in the Garden are hiring. We are looking for someone who is reliable, knows the difference between a weed and a plant, doesn’t mind a bit of hard work and understands which end of a whipper snipper is which. We have several lovely and loyal clients and a position has come up to join our team to help them maintain their gardens. Position is casual and flexible, with a few days a week or work available. If you enjoy being outside and working, give Day a call on 0403 792 027.

07.01.2022 While not everyone appreciates it, the presence of a substantial snake population is a great indicator of a healthy, well balanced natural environment. In my numerous hikes around the hills, I often spy snakes on the trails and it’s a good reminder that, for the most part, our bushland reserves and parks provide a healthy habitats for all of our native wildlife. However, in our gardens it’s a different story - we have the well-being of our children and our pets to think about.... So what can we do to deter snakes from coming into our gardens? We simply strive to make the garden a place a snake doesn’t want to be, and the best way to do this is to limit the snake’s access to food and to shelter in our garden. Limiting a snake’s access to food is easy and something we should be trying to do anyway. A snake’s main source of food in and around the house is those pesky rats and mice, and these little mammals are less than desirable anyway. A good baiting program, combined with keeping a clean house, shed and yard, free from food scraps, pet food and grains will lower the population of rodents on your property and therefore significantly reduce the attractiveness of your place to snakes. Limiting a snakes access to shelter is a little harder and may take some planning, but it all comes down to working out what a snake finds attractive as a shelter and why. At this time of year snakes often need to cool their body temperature down during the middle of the day, and also a place to hide as they are very scared of humans and our pets. Snakes love little hidey holes and so by simply keeping a clean wood-pile, removing rubbish lying around the yard (particularly corrugated iron) and having things in the shed stored on shelves, rather than on the ground, we can reduce the amount of these snake havens and again make our yard less desirable to them. If you do find a snake in your yard, don’t panic. Make sure all children are inside and secure pets safely away from the snake. If you cannot keep a pet away and the pet is overly inquisitive of the snake, spray the pet with water to deter them away from the snake. Under no circumstances should you try to capture or kill a snake. If the snake is causing issues, or you just want it gone, call a licensed snake-catcher.

07.01.2022 Some pictures from around my own garden.

05.01.2022 Days in the Garden is growing again and we are hiring again! We are looking for someone who enjoys gardening, is physically fit and knows their way around basic gardening equipment (lawnmowers, whipper snippers etc). Position is 1-3 days a week at the moment but is likely to grow, if you want it to. Mostly you will be working in and around the Emerald area. A current driver’s licence is a must as is a keen work ethic. If you thrive in a highly energetic work environment and enjoy the outdoors, give Day a call on 0403 792 027.

05.01.2022 The last couple of days haven't been the nicest, or the best for being in the garden. So what productive things can you do for your garden when the best place to be is inside? Planning of course! If you are starting a garden from scratch, good planning will not only give you a great finished result, but it will save you hours and hours of work by setting out jobs and tasks in a sensible order. Yesterday, we spent the day indoors, planning a large sprinkler system for one ...of our clients. Besides big stuff, like excavating, designing a sprinkler system that can adequately cover and water your new garden is one of the first things to begin with. At Day's in the garden, we can design a sprinkler system that not only waters everything adequately, but also maintains acceptable levels of pressure are all points around your property. No matter how large it is! See more

05.01.2022 Spring has finally arrived! It’s now time to begin preparing your garden for its seasonal display, and also for the hot spell of the forthcoming summer. It’s a challenge, as due to the wet winter there are plenty of nutrients in the soil, so if you turn your back for a second, the garden could well be out of control! Therefore, rather than ask, what can you do at this time of year, the better question to ask is what you can’t do, as it often seems that all at once, everyth...ing needs attention. But often, it is a matter of picking your battles, and to concentrate your efforts on the areas that will give you the most joy. October is when you can really start working on your lawn, so you can enjoy a nice healthy lush turf through the entire summer. If you’re starting from scratch, October is the ideal time to lay instant turf. Laying a new lawn now gives it a good couple of months to take root and establish itself, there are plenty of things to do to prepare before laying the lawn, so be sure to speak to a reputable lawn retailer first. For existing thick lawns, it is time to give them their first mow for the season, but on a lower setting to promote new growth from underneath. If your existing lawn is a bit sparse or patchy, you can sow some more seeds into the patchy areas now. Try aerating the lawn with a garden fork, particularly if you have clay soil. Fill in the gaps made by the fork with course sand to help with drainage. If your lawn is beginning to be invaded by weeds, applying some weed and feed now will help stop that. Whilst any time of year is a good opportunity to manually pull out weeds, herbicide is most effective when applied in early Spring. Many people don’t like using herbicides, though, and so if you have large expanses of weeds like blackberries or ivy which might take a month of Sundays to manually remove, take to them with a whipper snipper now and then cover them with black plastic sheets. This will not only kill the ivy or blackberries, but if left for long enough it can heat the soil and kill the weed seed in the ground too. Finally, October is a great time for everyone to head on out to the many Open Garden days that are put on everywhere. Whether you’ve been gardening for 50 minutes or for 50 years, you are bound to walk away from some of these magnificent displays with some inspiration.

02.01.2022 Finished product overlooking Puffing Billy railway.

01.01.2022 Looking for someone to help with my new venture....