Review: Japanese Knotweed by Nicolas Seal
I’ve yet to meet a gardener who doesn’t have at least one problem weed. I have several with horsetail (Equisetum . . .
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Looking over the 2018 gardening year
I’ve been looking back over the highs and lows of the 2018 gardening year and planning for 2019. The 2018 . . .
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Review: The Creative Kitchen by Stephanie Hafferty
One of the drawbacks of growing your own fruit and vegetables is the almost inevitable glut and the problem of . . .
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Vegetable trials – the results
High temperatures and little rain made it a challenging season in the veg plot. Some things seemed to ignore the . . .
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Gardening trials – the flowers
Dainty erigeron, towering sunflowers – this year’s flower Gardening Trials have certainly been varied. There have been some standout stars . . .
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Houseplants for beginners
There’s no doubt that houseplants are back in fashion. But where should beginners start? I went along to Folia Planting, . . .
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Review: Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood
Want to grow your own veg but don’t know where to start? I was invited to trial a scheme run . . .
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Cheltenham’s parks go wildlife friendly
Colourful bedding out has long been a feature of Cheltenham’s parks but that could be about to change. I was . . .
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In Paradise Gardens with Monty Don
Gardeners’ World presenter Monty Don was at Cheltenham Literature Festival, talking about his latest book Paradise Gardens. I was invited . . .
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Review: At West Dean by Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain
I remember once visiting a garden that was neatly divided into ‘his and ‘hers’ with radically different styles in the . . .
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