How to prepare your Lawn for Spring and Summer
Step 1
Aerate Your Lawn – This will promote a healthy root system by providing much needed oxygen and allow watering to get to the subterraneal heart of your grass. Done in Continue reading
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How to Prepare for Summer Vegetables
Do you have temptation to dive in and plant loads of seedlings and handfuls of seeds for Spring and Summer veggies crops?… Before you do, you should consider the needs of the plants so that you don’t have to disturb the soil down the track.
Here are 5 tips on preparing beds for Spring and Summer ‘crops’ Continue reading
3 Top Tips to Maintain the Winter Garden
With the cold approaching fast, it is the perfect time to help protect your gardens, trees and veggie garden from frost and plan for a blooming spring.
Tip 1 - Get on to Bindi’s Now!
Here at Valley Rural Supplies we have a range of products to get on top of Bindi’s before they get on top of you!
Tip 2 - Protect your Trees, Gardens and Veggies from Frost
The best tips to fortify your garden over winter is Continue reading
5 Top Tips For Poultry & Pet Care for Winter
5 Top tips for Poultry and Pet Care for surviving winter.
Tip No 1 for Chooks
Just like us, chickens feel the cold and change their laying habits during the winter months. They will molt and you will have reduced Continue reading
Winter – The Perfect Time To Fence
Let’s face it Fencing is a tough job to do in the Summer months, when it is hot and humid! So the Winter months are the perfect time to jump into those fencing tasks and get them completed so you can enjoy Spring.
What you will need
To construct or repair your fence you will need the following:
- a helper
- pliers
- posts (strainers and drop posts)
- wire
- post hole-digger
- gripples and applicator or wire-strainers Continue reading
Supplementing Your Horse During Winter
During the Winter months, the quality and quantity of feed drops off. Supplement feeding of dry matter often doesn’t cover your animal’s vitamin and mineral requirements. Supplementing is especially important for Continue reading
Popular Choices for Fertilizing Grass & Pastures
All grasses and pastures respond well do a targeted fertilizer. Key to growth and quality is Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. Below is an overview of products for Grass and Pastures.
Autumn the Time To Sew For Your Livestock
March/April is the perfect time to sow Winter Feed for livestock (Cattle, Horses and Sheep). Below is information on seed stocks that suit this region.
Ryegrass
There are a couple of varieties of annual Ryegrass which are successful Continue reading
7 Tips to Plan Your Painting Project
Sometimes it is hard to know where to start on your painting journey… Never fear! We have prepared a handy Tip Guide to help you plan your next painting project.
Tip 1
Choose the Continue reading
Top Picks For Worming Pets and Livestock
Autumn is a good time to insure all livestock and pets are wormed prior to the colder winter months. This will give your pets and livestock a better chance to sustain weight and body fat during the winter months.
Below is a list of Continue reading