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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Vegetable gardening
I’m fortunate that I get to see many different gardens, however not many have a vegetable or kitchen garden, this can be because of site restraints or simply a lack of space. But when they do it’s often located at the bottom of the garden so it is ‘out of sight’ or even worse ‘behind […]
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Growing Crocuses
The Stray at Harrogate always amazes with a fantastic display of crocuses in a range of purple, yellow and white, it is a display that is undeniably impressive. Spurred on by this, late last year I purchased several hundred crocuses and planted them in raised beds in the garden. I now see the first signs […]
Right shrub, wrong place!
Right shrub but planted in the wrong place? Over the years I have moved many shrubs and small trees that have overgrown their allotted garden space and now is an ideal time for digging up and moving shrubs, there’s a good chance that they’ll survive too. I’m sure many gardeners will have bought plants at […]
