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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!
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    • Open Gardens
    • News From A Cottage Garden
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Category: Winter Interest

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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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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The Best Winter Plants
Acid Loving Plants / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Perennials / Shrubs / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest
  • 16th December 2014
  • 12 mins
Tagged Achillea, Aesculus hippocastanum, Asparagus, Asplenium scolopendrium, autumn

The Best Winter Plants

The Best Winter Plants Its a common misconception that all gardens go into hibernation come the winter, as all plants either die […]

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Gardening Jobs for December
Acid Loving Plants / Bulbs / Container Plants / Diseases / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / kitchen garden / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Shrubs / Winter Interest
  • 4th December 2014
  • 4 mins
Tagged acidic loving plant, Agapanthus, Azalea, blueberry, brussel sprouts

Gardening Jobs for December

Gardening Jobs for December Cold frosty mornings, clear blue skies and snow make December a truly magical month, not to mention its Christmas Time! […]

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Growing My Dream English Garden One Petal at a Time
Container Plants / Herbaceous Perennials / kitchen garden / Perennials / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest
  • 10th November 2014
  • 2 mins

Growing My Dream English Garden One Petal at a Time

Growing My Dream English Garden One Petal at a Time We have been in our little cottage and garden now for just […]

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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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Gardening for the under 30s
Annuals / City Garden / Climbers / Container Plants / Deciduous / Grasses / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Shrubs / Spring Interest / Summer Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 19th August 2014
  • 11 mins
Tagged Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert', annual, Astrantia major, bric a brack, bulbs

Gardening for the under 30s

Gardening for the under 30s Gardening over the years has developed a persona for being an older persons hobby, to be honest […]

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Therapeutic Gardening
City Garden / Spring Interest / Therapeutic Gardening / Winter Interest / Young Gardeners
  • 5th June 2014
  • 3 mins
Tagged cities, fit and healthy, gardening, green, green spaces

Therapeutic Gardening

Health and Gardening Gardening and seeing a garden has long been proven to improve health. Studies have been carried out in hospitals, […]

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Jobs to do in June
Annuals / Container Plants / Deciduous / Diseases / Herbaceous Perennials / Houseplants / Perennials / Pests / Plant Husbandry / Pruning / Winter Interest
  • 5th June 2014
  • 5 mins
Tagged apples, aquatic plants, Argyranthemum, Asparagus, bearded Irises

Jobs to do in June

Its June already and our gardens are in full swing. Our spring plants are finished and summer is well on its way.  Garden […]

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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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