Gardening Hits and Misses in 2021
While 2021 was slightly better nationally than 2020, in the garden it’s definitely been a year of gardening hits and . . .
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2021 Flower Advent Calendar #Day 24
We’ve reached the end of the flower advent calendar for this year and a countdown to the most popular Cheering . . .
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Lifting Spirits With Winter Growing
Now isn’t the obvious time to be sowing seeds but with so much gloom around I decided a bit of . . .
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Vegetable Gardening Trials 2021
I’ve been looking back at the vegetable gardening trials for 2021 and starting to think about what I might grow . . .
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Review: Windowsill Mushroom Growing Kits
In the cold, dark days of winter, it’s good to be able to grow something so I was pleased to . . .
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Review: The English Cottage Garden by Andrew Sankey
Living in the Cotswolds, I naturally come across a lot of cottage gardens as part of my job. There’s no . . .
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Overwintering Dahlias
I spent the weekend finishing off one of my biggest autumn jobs – overwintering dahlias. They could be left in . . .
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Review: Grow Easy by Anna Greenland
I see a lot of gardens in my job so it takes something special to lodge in the memory. The . . .
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My Gardening View #15
My gardening view this month is of a plot balanced between two seasons. There’s an odd mix of summer flowers . . .
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Sweet Peas 2021 – Pick of the Bunch
Sweet peas 2021 turned out to be a rather mixed season with some plants producing an abundance of flowers while . . .
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