Tomatoes – planning the 2019 season
I’ve been sorting out my tomatoes ready for sowing and looking back at the 2018 season. Tomatoes are a bit . . .
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The Galanthophiles – a celebration
Growers met at Colesbourne Park for the launch of a new snowdrop book. The Galanthophiles’ Gathering The temperatures may have . . .
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Cotswold snowdrop gardens 2019
There’s nothing quite like a visit to see snowdrops to brighten up a dreary winter day. Here in the Cotswolds . . .
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Winter cheer at Batsford Arboretum
A trip to Batsford Arboretum this week to meet a friend was a timely reminder that there’s no such thing . . .
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Potatoes get season started
Nothing shouts ‘Spring’s coming!’ to me quite like buying seed potatoes. Along with sowing sweet peas, they are one of . . .
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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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