Spring articles
When Seedlings Die...
20th April 2012 | Spring gardening
We tend to celebrate our successes in the garden (& in life) but sometimes it just all goes awry! This year we started seedlings in... Read more...
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Coming Home to Roost
5th April 2012 | Spring gardening
Welcome home to our new family of fowl! Eighteen hens & two young roosters arrived today. The hens will start laying eggs in about... Read more...
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Get ready for the hose pipe ban
23rd March 2012 | Spring gardening
As many of the water companies in the South and East have recently announced that a hose pipe ban is going to start in early April... Read more...
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How to grow potatoes in pots
9th March 2012 | Spring gardening
Surely, nothing can taste better than the taste of home-grown potatoes and I'm here to tell you that you can experience this sensation... Read more...
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Heirloom & Nearly Extinct, Growing the Italian Solfino Bean
8th March 2012 | Spring gardening
This bean is sown in April and harvested at the end of July; it prefers dry and not overly rich soil as it does not tolerate stagnating... Read more...
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Grow and feed fruit trees in early Spring/late Winter
2nd March 2012 | Spring gardening
If you already have fruit trees or shrubs in your garden, late Winter and early Spring is the perfect time to start feeding them. Firstly... Read more...
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