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  • Gardening How To
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  • My English Garden
    • New Drive
    • Crocus Bulbs
    • Soil pH Testing Part 1
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    • The Leylandii Hedge is Down!
    • Cleaning out the Greenhouse
    • Open Gardens
    • News From A Cottage Garden
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Category: Plant Husbandry

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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Jobs for August
Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Winter Interest
  • 5th August 2015
  • 2 mins
Tagged autumn, Camellias, Colchicum, container grown, Crocus

Jobs for August

Jobs for August August is here and our gardens are at full swing, Summer is well underway. There are lots to do […]

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Going on Holiday
City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Shrubs / Summer Bedding Plants / Summer Interest
  • 22nd July 2015
  • 6 mins
Tagged annuals, automated irrigation system, automated watering system, bucket and towel trick, bug controls

Going on Holiday

Going on Holiday For many of us the summer months are the time for our holidays. Its also the time when our […]

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Jobs to do in May
Climbers / Container Plants / Deciduous / Diseases / Herbaceous Perennials / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest
  • 7th May 2015
  • 4 mins
Tagged Asparagus, beetroot, botrytis, buckets, cauliflowers

Jobs to do in May

Its May already how time flies, all of the trees have now come in to full leaf. I love seeing the lush […]

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Jobs to do April
Bulbs / Climbers / Container Plants / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Pests / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs
  • 7th April 2015
  • 3 mins
Tagged aphid attacks, Canna, caterpillar like larvae of gooseberry, Chaenomeles, Clematis

Jobs to do April

Jobs to do April Its April and already Spring is well underway, the Daffodils are slowly going over, the cherry blossom is […]

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Gardening Jobs for March
Annuals / Deciduous / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Propagation / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 1st March 2015
  • 5 mins
Tagged aid water retention, Ammi majus, annual poppys, apricots, aubergines

Gardening Jobs for March

Gardening Jobs for March It’s officially spring! Already were itching to get out on the warmer days to sow our seeds, and […]

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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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Gardening Jobs for February
Bulbs / City Garden / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Propagation / Pruning / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Therapeutic Gardening
  • 9th February 2015
  • 3 mins
Tagged beech, bird feeders, blood fish and bone, broad beans, Carpinus betulus

Gardening Jobs for February

Gardening Jobs for February February is right on the edge of spring, things are starting to appear in the garden, we already […]

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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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Gardening Jobs for January
Climbers / Deciduous / Diseases / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Spring Interest / Winter Interest
  • 6th January 2015
  • 5 mins
Tagged Aconites, apples, bare root shrubs, bare root trees, birds

Gardening Jobs for January

Gardening Jobs for January It’s the start of a brand new year! And what a year we have planned! It’s that time 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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