Review: The Self-Sufficiency Garden
Many gardeners grow a bit of veg – a tomato plant or two, some herbs or lettuce but how easy . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering Up Mondays #429
Today’s cheerful flower is a first bloom from one of the many annuals I’ve grown. This rather beautiful double cosmos . . .
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Top Picks at RHS Hampton 2024
Sustainability was the buzz word at RHS Hampton 2024 – growing for pollinators, peat-free, and designing gardens that will withstand . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #428
There’s was really only one choice for today’s cheerful flower, the Rose of the Year 2025, which was launched last . . .
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Review: The Money-Saving Gardener
Gardening can be an expensive hobby – compost, tools and, of course, plants. Yet, it is possible to create something . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #427
Rose of the Year 2024 is the ideal choice for today’s cheerful flower as the choice for 2025 will be . . .
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A Trip To BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2024
As the press preview for BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2024 started, exhibitors were putting the final touches to gardens and . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #426
This week’s cheerful flower is something I saw at BBC Gardeners’ World Live last week and was chosen for the . . .
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Review: Tomatoes & Basil on the 5th Floor
Often the biggest barrier to growing veg is knowing where to start. It was certainly a hurdle Patrick Vernuccio had . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #425
These are brightening up my border and will hopefully brighten your Monday. It’s a terrible year for slugs and snails . . .
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