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Category: Herbs

Pet Friendly Gardens
Grasses / Herbs / kitchen garden / Perennials / Pests / Pet / Plant Husbandry / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Winter Interest
  • 20th April 2016
  • 9 mins
Tagged Aconitum, Aftercut, Aftercut patch Fix total lawn repair, Agrostemma githago, beloved pets

Pet Friendly Gardens

Pet Friendly Gardens We have two dogs and two guinea pigs who love to play and sunbath in the garden. But it’s […]

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Wildlife Friendly Gardening
City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 27th February 2015
  • 13 mins

Wildlife Friendly Gardening

Wildlife Friendly Gardening Isn’t most gardening wildlife friendly? Surely having a green space is better than concrete for wildlife? Yes, but there […]

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Re-potting Container Plants
City Garden / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / Pruning
  • 9th February 2015
  • 4 mins
Tagged compost, container, damaged, dead, diseased

Re-potting Container Plants

Re-potting Container Plants Do you have any permanent container plants? Anything on your patio? If so then its a good time to […]

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Herbs with Aphrodisiac Properties
Herbs
  • 3rd February 2015
  • 4 mins
Tagged Aphrodisiac, Clary Sage, Field Mushroom, garlic, Herbs

Herbs with Aphrodisiac Properties

Herbs with Aphrodisiac Properties With a hint of interesting history It’s that time of the year when everyone’s looking to cook something special […]

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Growing Vegetables in 2015
Annuals / City Garden / Container Plants / Herbs / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Therapeutic Gardening / Young Gardeners
  • 28th January 2015
  • 9 mins
Tagged Beetroot - Boltardy, Broad Bean - The Sutton, Broccoli - Early Purple Sprouting, Brussel Sprout - Evesham Special, Carol Klein

Growing Vegetables in 2015

Growing Vegetables in 2015 There is nothing quiet like growing your own vegetables and eating them. We recently started an annual vegetable competition with […]

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Jobs to Do in November
Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Winter Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 10th November 2014
  • 6 mins
Tagged apple pie, architectural structure, bare root perennials, bare root shrubs, bare root trees

Jobs to Do in November

Garden Jobs for November I honestly can not believe it is November already. November is the start of cold days, frost, and the winter […]

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Green Manure
Deciduous / Herbs / kitchen garden
  • 3rd October 2014
  • 6 mins
Tagged add nutrients, Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum), Bitter blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius), Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

Green Manure

Green Manure The concept of green manure has been around for century’s however it has only been in the past decade that […]

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Summer Gardens
Annuals / Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Young Gardeners
  • 5th August 2014
  • 5 mins
Tagged annual seeds, climbers, fair weather gardener, gardening with kids, growing cress in egg shells

Summer Gardens

Summer Gardens   I love summer, its this time of year you get to reap the joys of all your hard work, […]

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Garden Jobs to do in July
Annuals / Bulbs / City Garden / Climbers / Container Plants / Deciduous / Diseases / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / kitchen garden / Perennials / Pests / Plant Husbandry / Propagation / Pruning / Shrubs / Summer Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 9th July 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged apples, autumn flowering bulbs, beans, bearded Irises, bird baths

Garden Jobs to do in July

Garden Jobs for July Where is this year going? Its July already, I’ve only just managed to start reading this months The […]

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Plants that will heal, cure and otherwise do good.
Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / Herbs / Houseplants / Perennials / Shrubs
  • 27th April 2014
  • 7 mins
Tagged Aloe barbadensis, Calendula officinalis, Echinacea, Hamamelis virginiana, Healing

Plants that will heal, cure and otherwise do good.

Plants that will heal, cure and otherwise do good I recently wrote a post on dangerous plants, I think it only right to […]

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Jobs to do in October
Pumpkins, Apples and Autumn
Open Gardens
Pet Friendly Gardens
Jobs for August
Going on Holiday
News From A Cottage Garden

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