The warmer weather is excellent for working in the garden. Damper days also enable the plants to grow really well, this unfortunately helps the weeds to take a really good hold so when there’s a dry spell use a hoe to remove as many weed seedlings as possible in the borders. The changing weather is […]
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Choosing Plants
I’m always tempted by new plants when I visit garden centres and nurseries, perhaps it’s simply that they always have something flowering to sell when my own garden has a few sparse areas going begging. Or the fact that something seems so unusual that I feel I may be able to find a perfect gap […]
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Plants for summer interest
It’s suddenly the time of year for thinking about planting pots, tubs, window boxes and hanging baskets with summer bedding plants. As usual there’s a vast array of plants appearing on the market as well as the containers to put them in. The idea behind summer bedding is to introduce quick-growing plants that (hopefully) flower […]
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Spoilt for choice with plants
If you’ve ever been overwhelmed by the choice when looking for a specific plant to fill an equally specific location in the garden then you are certainly not alone. Recent research has indicated that a large proportion of garden owners look for instant solutions when making garden purchases and I can see why, the plant […]
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Books to the rescue!
I must admit that I’ve got more gardening books than you could shake a garden fork at. Some of the books are an excellent resource and get used time and time again, these are the ones with slightly damaged spines and the well thumbed pages. Others though rarely get touched, if ever.Now we are at […]
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Tips on planning your own garden
Gardens are always changing. Whether it’s through the seasons, new additions of plants and features or alterations to the garden. It was for this reason that I was explaining re-designing a garden to friends. “It’s straightforward”, I explained; “ there isn’t that much choice, either straight lines or curves!” I’d obviously over simplified things, but […]
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Architecture at its best
You may be wondering why there’s an article about a cathedral on a gardening website? Read on to find out more. The truth is, it’s all about design, and having recently visited Lincoln Cathedral I can say that it is such an awesome building of an almost impossible large scale going hand-in-hand with intricate detail […]
