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Growing Mushrooms at Home

Anyone with a bit of spare space can produce a regular supply of edible mushrooms.

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Growing Underground

You can farm underground if you use hydroponics and artificial light.

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A New Piece of Land

What it is like to take over a second plot and begin again from scratch, well nearly anyway.

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A British Garden Society

UAGS, Urmston Allotment and Garden Society, eight allotments bonded together, was founded in 1916 and is celebrating its centenary year.

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The living soil: encouraging soil fungi

In recent years the role of fungi in plant growth has been increasingly recognized.

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The Garden Awakening

Mary Reynolds has written an original and stimulating work on garden design that draws on her Celtic roots.

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The English Meadow

Meadows have declined in England, and our landscape is the poorer for the loss, but there is a revival.

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Cestrum aurantiacum Or Orange Jessamine - Not Real Jasmine Plants

Cestrum aurantiacum or Orange jessamine are not real jasmine plants. They are great ornamental plants with beautiful orange flowers, but they are invasive and poisonous too.

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Gardening in Difficult Conditions

Some gardens thrive despite the conditions due to the skill and dedication of those who tend them.

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Allotments: the people's gardens

The British allotment movement grew out of the agricultural and industrial revolutions and brought about a major improvement in the lives of the British people.

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Growing Bell Peppers

The secret to growing any plant is to create the conditions right for its growth.

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Revamping the Allotment

No garden design is for ever, and this year I am having to make some changes to the garden layout.

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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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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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Dark Gold: Garden Compost

Compost is a wonderful addition to a garden, but there is a variety of types of it.

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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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The Potato Growers' Curse

Potato blight [Late Blight] is a serious threat to crops across the world, and it is not just potatoes that are endangered.

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Blooms for Butterflies and Birds

This article will make suggestions for attracting butterflies and or birds to your garden. Sometimes the same plant works to attract both butterflies and birds.

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