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The Gardeners' Foe: dealing with slugs

There is a range of techniques available to gardeners to rid themselves of slugs

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Weather-proof your garden

In times of climate change gardeners need to ensure that they have the best protection possible against excess water, wind and drought.

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A day at the Harrogate Flower Show

The Harrogate Flower Show is one of Northern England's premier floral attractions.

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Walled Gardens

Walled gardens are a fascinating kind of garden that were once common in England and some of which have been restored.

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Gardening when you are getting older

You can still work in the garden in your nineties, but you go slower and can benefit from help.

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Hugel Culture: raised beds German style

Hugelkultur is a very particular kind of raised bed used much in Germany and Austria.

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Roof Gardens

For many people a roof garden is an oasis in the the heart of the city

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Winter into Spring

As Spring advances and daylight time grows longer, the garden begins to awake from its dormancy.

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Weeds Wild, Wicked and Edible

Weeds are simply plants that we do not want in our farms and gardens.

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Greenhouse Gardening

A greenhouse, sometimes known as a glasshouse, is an excellent addition to any garden that enables you to widen the range of vegetables and fruit that you grow.

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The Flora of the Shore

The plant life of the seashore is a fascinating world of its own.

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Growing Plants in Straw Bales

Those who want to garden in small and constrained spaces with hard surfaces can often cultivate vegetables in straw bales.

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Biochar for Gardeners

Biochar is a soil enhancing product newly introduced into gardens

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A Day at the Tatton Flower Show

I was privileged to enjoy a day as a helper at the Tatton Show, 2016

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Montsechia vidalii: World-Oldest Flowering Plant From Northeast Spain

Montsechia vidalii is the world’s first flower and world-oldest flowering plant from northeast Spain’s Montsec Range in the Pyrenees Mountain foothills.

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Dangerous Garden by David Stuart: Quest for Plants to Change Our Lives

Dangerous Garden by David Stuart describes the quest for plants to access gods, change lives, end disease and pain, enhance sex, expand minds, and kill.

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Coping with the flood:floating gardens

In certain parts of the world people grow crops on floating mats of weed.

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Midsummer, and a Damson in Distress

Around midsummer the first planting is over and harvest is some distance away, but weeding and pest and disease control never cease.

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