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Feeding garden birds

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
26 January 2012
How often do you clean your bird feeders? Once or twice a year? Whenever you refill them, or just when they’re looking dirty? Continue reading...

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By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
25 January 2012
My newly tidied greenhouse is now playing host to the seed potatoes as they start the chitting process, despite the fact that I caught a mouse in there a week or two ago. Continue reading...

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Unwelcome wildlife

By Adam Pasco in Wildlife
23 January 2012
[...] my garden has become a bit of a wildlife haven, but unfortunately not all wildlife is welcome. Continue reading...

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Plans for a garden

By Kate Bradbury in Gardeners' musings
19 January 2012
[...] my main aim in 2012 is to make the garden look more established. This year I have a strict ‘no bare wall’ policy... Continue reading...

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Honeybees

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
17 January 2012
[...] the hives on the small allotment on the corner of my street are quiet; maybe, at last, the occupants have settled down into a tight over-wintering huddle. Continue reading...

Most common garden pests

By James Alexander-Sinclair in Gardeners' musings
13 January 2012
You know the Interpol 'Most Wanted' list [...] Well, every year the RHS produces something very similar: the 'Least Wanted' list of garden pests. Continue reading...

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Has spring sprung?

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
12 January 2012
I think my frogs are about to start spawning. There’s a lot of activity in their hibernaculum (read: thumping around), and it’s been so mild and wet lately... Continue reading...

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Rabbits and myxomatosis

By Pippa Greenwood in Gardeners' musings
11 January 2012
Gardeners have a difficult relationship with rabbits, and I myself sometimes swear inwardly, when a rabbit finds its way into my veg plot, and munches through my veg. Continue reading...

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Gardeners and the Big Society

By Adam Pasco in Gardeners' musings
09 January 2012
Whether for commercial reasons, altruistic ones, or a bit of both, it’s great to see the staff and customers of garden centres participating in a varied range of projects and initiatives. Continue reading...

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Growing hebes

By Kate Bradbury in Plants
05 January 2012
I used to be a bit sniffy about hebes. I considered the majority of them inelegant and boring – bog standard shrubs you find in a variety of municipal situations... Continue reading...

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