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November is a ‘do or die’ month. The onerous first frost that gardeners mutter about signals the demise of all that’s tender. You can take a gamble for so long, but ultimately you must act if you want to keep certain plants.
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It dawned on me the other day that I’d written nothing about our garden and allotment for several months. This is me, making amends!
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June is the most quintessentially English month. Country gardens are brimming with hollyhocks, lupins, delphiniums, peonies, irises and, of course, roses. Here’s how to get the most enjoyment from your garden this month.
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How to get the most out of your garden in the merry month of May.
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April is one of the most joyful and uplifting months in the garden. Days are longer, temperatures are increasing steadily and it finally feels […]
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Although winter’s icy fingers cling to March, their grip weakens daily. The weather may not always be clement, but there’s no turning back now; […]
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I always imagined that if I were made redundant from my job there would be one hundred and one things I’d rather do than […]
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Whilst tempting to lament the summer that never was, now is the time to be looking ahead and planting your spring-flowering bulbs. The first […]
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Cold weather in spring can only hold our gardens back for so long. It’s like a catapult, the further the sling is pulled back […]
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It has been the strangest month; cold – indeed the frostiest April in sixty years – and desert-dry. Although we’ve escaped spring frosts here […]
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If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it’s to look after our mental health. If it’s taught us another, it’s to look out […]
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January 2020 After waiting only four months, we got the news that we had reached the top of the allotment waiting list: if we […]
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