A taste of heritage apples
With Apple Day approaching, I’ve been out to Snowshill Manor to find out about their heritage apples. It’s the names . . .
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James Alexander-Sinclair talks Chelsea, design and some lucky falls
“Rosa ‘Mutabilis’,” says James Alexander-Sinclair decisively when I ask for his favourite plant. He then adds that yesterday it was . . .
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How to keep your garden blooming while you holiday
Going on holiday during the summer can be difficult if you’re a gardener. With the British weather notoriously unpredictable, you . . .
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Turning a forgotten space into an outdoor delight
The chance to review one of Brundle Gardener’s products has transformed a sad spot in my garden. Many of us . . .
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Tomatoes – a growing addiction
If I could grow only one crop it would be tomatoes. Little else has the variety or sums up summer . . .
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How to grow vegetables in containers
Grow your own is a big theme of BBC Gardeners’ World Live and ahead of the show I talked to . . .
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Win some Dalefoot Compost
Please note, this contest has closed. Like many gardeners, I don’t like using peat and over the years I’ve tried . . .
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Short of growing space? Try a windowsill garden
Franchi Seeds have launched Windowsill Garden kits to bring growing indoors. I’ve been finding out more and there’s the chance . . .
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Discovering snowdrops at Colesbourne Park
Take on an established garden in the summer and you would expect to see most of what it has to . . .
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Cotswold Snowdrop Gardens 2017
For the 2018 list of Cotswold snowdrop gardens see here Snowdrop gardens are universally popular when it comes to garden . . .
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