Archive | May, 2008

Fragrance and Scented Plants in Your Garden

  Scent and Scented Plant League Tables   What is your favourite smell in the garden? Crushed herbs of Rosemary and Lavender or newly cut grass perhaps. Well by the end of June we will publish a list of the most popular varieties of scented flowers. Here are some of the best plants with scent [...]

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Tips for Growing Organic Vegetables

Homegrown organic vegetables are definitely worth the effort of time. Growing vegetables will reward you with a fresh and tasty supply of your favourite vegetables. You can also have the reassurance of knowing how they were grown without the unnecessary spraying of countless chemicals. These are some tips to get the best results from growing [...]

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Tips for Growing Runner Beans

Runner Beans are an excellent vegetable to grow. Homegrown varieties are often more succulent and tasty than supermarket varieties. Runner BEans also provide an attractive focal point for any kitchen garden. In fact you could easily grow Runner Beans within a cottage garden. Once established they can grow very rapidly and are mainly resilient to [...]

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Tricks with Tulips

  Variety is the Spice of Tulips There are tulips of many varieties and families to suit all occasions. Early, mid season and late flowering types are available such as Triumph, Darwin Hybrids, Lily flowered and Fosteriana hybrids but below are some special types or forms worth consideration.          Crispa the fringed Tulips look like they [...]

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Tips for Growing Tomatoes.

There are few things that can beat the taste of home grown tomatoes. Growing tomatoes is not straightforward, they require constant attention throughout the year. However, they can be one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow. You will have no shortage of friends when you start to distribute home grown tomatoes… Sowing Tomato Seeds [...]

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Gardening Tasks for May

A Few quick gardening tips for May. In the Greenhouse. The weather can hot up. Take care to ensure the greenhouse is well ventilated. It is a good time to paint ‘white shade’ on to the sunny side of the greenhouse. Potting On. Now plants are growing quickly, make sure plants in pots get sufficient [...]

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How To Make Your Garden Eco Friendly

There is a lot more interest in organic and eco friendly gardening. There is no better place than the garden for taking practical steps to help the environment. These are some simple suggestions that are quite easy to implement in your own garden. Dealing With Slugs The ubiquitous slug pellet can be quite damaging to [...]

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Childhood Shrubs Privet and Golden Privet

Privet ‘Lingustrum Vulgare’ Where has all the ‘Privet’ gone? In my youth it seemed as though every small garden was kept private by a neatly clipped Privet hedge. If it wasn’t clipped it went hay wire. Privet is usually described as evergreen or semi-evergreen. It loses some leaves in the winter, but not all of [...]

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Pot Mums for the Garden

Chrysanthemums come in all sorts of shapes and sizes but to me they are an Autumn flower. Why then are the retailers now full of the short densly flowering ‘Pot Mum’ that are often given as house plants. I have bought a pack of 6 and cut off all the flowers ( this had the [...]

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Tips For Growing Sweet Peas

Sowing Sweet peas. The best results from sweet peas come from seedlings sown in October under a cold frame. You can also sow in early spring; however, these will flower later and will be more susceptible to mildew later in the season. To help germination you can chip away at the hard outer skin of [...]

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