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Self-seeding plants

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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Magpies in the garden

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
04 May 2012
This year there’s no Sid, no great tits and no blue tits. Just one fat magpie. Continue reading...

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Planting inspiration

By Andy Sturgeon in Gardeners' musings
03 May 2012
Driving around the country or gazing out of the window from a train is a great source of inspiration. Continue reading...

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Mealy cabbage aphid

By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
02 May 2012
Conditions here have been so windy and wet that it amazes me how any pest can hold on firmly enough to be able to attack my plants. Continue reading...