It has been said that one of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. A sensory and sensual urban paradise with ever changing supplies of...
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Enhancing your home garden When you are starting or maintaining a home garden, it is easy to focus entirely on the plants. Flower gardens tend to be the easiest to...
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The pumpkin department in our house has been under the management and control of John since he was two years old and he takes his role very seriously too! Growing...
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One of my Australian Tree Ferns, Dicksonia Antartica which I thought had died in the frost of 2011 has produced a little frond. I am delighted. These exotic ferns are...
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Mid-summer’s day has passed and everyone is wondering whether summer will ever arrive this year. Eternal optimists, we have still managed to eat quite a few meals outside in the...
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I discovered to my horror at the weekend that or entire potato crop has been affected by blight. In all the years that we have been growing spuds this has...
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Well summer is here and, regardless of the rain, plants will still thrive and flower, some more than others in the wet though. One such plant that is familiar to...
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It can sometimes take years to get the right balance in a planting scheme. There are areas in my garden which I am still striving to ‘get right’ and that’s...
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Schizostylis or Kaffir lilies from South Africa come in crimson, pink and white. They like a sunny position, moist, rich soil and are flowering now. I dug up mine and...
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There are asters for almost all garden situations, be it in the border, rock garden, dry sites, flower meadows or beside a stream. Their daisy-like flowers can be white, blue,...
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