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Growing aquilegias

By James Alexander-Sinclair in Plants
21 May 2012
Aquilegias are among my favourite plants, mainly because they are so ridiculously easy to grow. Continue reading...

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Planting out tomatoes

By Kate Bradbury in Grow & eat
18 May 2012
For weeks now, my tomatoes, peppers and aubergines have been sitting indoors waiting to be planted out... Continue reading...

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Final preparations for Chelsea

By Andy Sturgeon in Plants
17 May 2012
As I write this, it is Monday, the 13th day of the build of my 2012 Chelsea garden. Has it been going well? No, it hasn’t. Continue reading...

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Growing asparagus

By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
16 May 2012
Our latest home-grown spears are all kinked, due to slugs. But I know they’ll taste far, far better than bought asparagus [...] Continue reading...

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Dealing with lily beetle

By Adam Pasco in Gardeners' musings
14 May 2012
Catching lily beetles can be tricky, as they hide or drop off onto the ground at the slightest touch [...] Continue reading...

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By Kate Bradbury in Plants
11 May 2012
One of my favourite things about gardening is the element of surprise. You can design and plan a garden to the finest detail, but you have no control over what will land in your plot. Continue reading...

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Domes of holly

By Andy Sturgeon in Plants
10 May 2012
It would have been much easier to find yew or box, but I wanted to stick to this little-leafed holly as, with box blight ravaging our formal gardens, it represents our gardening future. Continue reading...

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Wasps and cuckoo bees

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
08 May 2012
[...] as soon as the sun leaks through the cloud, I latch onto any movement in the garden. I’m relieved that, today, it’s wasps and bees. Continue reading...

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Apple blossom

By James Alexander-Sinclair in Plants
08 May 2012
I have been much entertained recently by apple blossom. It seems to be one of the few cheerful things among this world of grey mizzle and universal dreariness [...] Continue reading...

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