{"id":2,"date":"2008-04-05T04:43:17","date_gmt":"2008-04-05T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-11-22T19:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:00:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Gardeners Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Information and\u00c2\u00a0 Wisdom for Gardeners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After 10 years of &#8216;Gardeners Tips&#8217; I now plan a change in emphasis to better reflect the personal experience gained over the last 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>There already exists over 2000 posts &amp; pages of tips and hints on plants and gardening ( you can use the google custom\u00c2\u00a0 search box top right). All the information is based on the author&#8217;s experience, teaching gardening and particularly growing the plants in an urban gardens latterly in the North of England. Additional material includes photographs and posts from the author&#8217;s son based in Oxford where he spent sometime working in college gardens. My library of 500+ gardening\u00c2\u00a0 and horticulture books supports some of the comments, methods and tips recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Errors and omissions are the fault of the author, or the weather, or the soil, or the lack of a better excuse.<\/p>\n<h3>Tips to Get more from this Site<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wherever you are on the site if you want to return to the main page click on the Gardeners&#8217; Tips Logo at the top of the page.<\/li>\n<li>Some selected posts &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/best-of-gardeners-tips\/\">Best of gardeners Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The parent site <a href=\"http:\/\/Gardenerstips.co.uk\">Gardenerstips.co.uk<\/a> has the same content as you get from the \/blog<\/li>\n<li>Categories have been chosen to help the visitor navigate to a subject of interest.<\/li>\n<li>Tips and hints are normally bullet pointed.<\/li>\n<li>The search box looks at all the pages on the site and gives you a list of appropriate links. Click on your chosen extract for more information and the full page.<\/li>\n<li>Click on a blog title then submit a comment on any page you find useful. Let us know if you don&#8217;t want it published.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Please link us<\/strong> to your site, this is the link detail to cut and paste <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/\">http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>An Eclectic Collection of Gardening Gems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One persons &#8216;Gem&#8217; is another persons &#8216;Weed&#8217;. You decide but your feedback and comments will help polish future gems.<\/p>\n<p>Are the categories too many or too few? Do you want longer or shorter posts? Are pictures a distraction? What is missing or do you want more of?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Hearted Jokes and Quips on a Gardening Theme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You need to pick your weed up or someone might trip on it.<\/li>\n<li>Gardeners use lawn mowers because cows won&#8217;t fit in the garden shed and they are noisy &#8216;cos they have horns.<\/li>\n<li>What was green and a great wild west trick shooter? \u00c2\u00a0 &#8211; Annie Okra<\/li>\n<li>Genetically modified vegetable to brush your teeth &#8211; Bristle Sprouts<\/li>\n<li>Beware! Snap-Dragons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Gardeners Tips<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/advertise\">Advertise at Gardeners Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/contact\/\">Contact Gardeners Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information and\u00c2\u00a0 Wisdom for Gardeners. After 10 years of &#8216;Gardeners Tips&#8217; I now plan a change in emphasis to better reflect the personal experience gained over the last 50 years. There already exists over 2000 posts &amp; pages of tips and hints on plants and gardening ( you can use the google custom\u00c2\u00a0 search box top right). 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