How To Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables
Over the years many people have asked the question- is it worth it?- and every time I come up with the same answer- YES! Those of you who have vegetable plots...
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Gardening with Wildlife in Mind
Those of us who are lucky enough to have gardens have been spending more time in them recently than we normally do. As a result, not only are our gardens probably...
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How To Prune Roses – The ‘Queen of Flowers’
You don’t have to prune roses but if you choose not to you invariably end up with a tangled mass of growth and fewer flowers. By cutting away older, worn out...
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Creating a Garden Pond – Part 2
Welcome back to my blog on garden ponds. If you have followed the first blog from last month you have reached the stage, either in theory or practice, where you have...
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Creating Garden Ponds
It goes without saying that water is a vital part of any garden but it can provide so much more than just being fundamental to the growth of plants. Water used in ways...
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Plants for Difficult Areas
We all have areas in our gardens where conditions are not ideal but even these difficult areas can support plants which are suited to those conditions. The trick is to choose...
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Trees in the Garden
It is quite difficult to imagine a garden without trees or at least one tree. More than any other plant they give a sense of permanence and maturity to any garden...
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The Basics of Garden Design – Part 2
Welcome back to my guide to some of the basic ideas behind garden design. This second part will hopefully give you some ideas about how you might go about converting your...
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The Basics of Garden Design – Part 1
With all of us spending more time in our gardens this year than perhaps we have in the past it is possible that thoughts have turned to making some changes either...
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Planting in Containers
Planting in containers of all shapes and sizes has long been popular with gardeners but has probably grown in importance in recent years for a number of reasons.
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How To Take Plant Cuttings
Cuttings are a great way of producing new plants and can be taken from trees, shrubs, perennials, conifers, alpines and indoor or greenhouse plants. It is a much quicker method of...
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Seed Sowing for Summer Colour
During April gardeners will be enjoying both the improving weather and all the glorious spring flowers. However, this is also the time to be thinking ahead to the summer months and...
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Growing Flowers for the House
When most people refer to the cutting of flowers for the house they are usually thinking of an actual cutting garden, often part of the vegetable plot. If lots of...
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