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The perfect symmetry of these two formal Christmas planters makes a rather grand frame for your front door. The box cones and lead planters might be a little costly, but you'll have them for life once you've made the initial investment. The display

Growing new potatoes for Christmas dinner is easier than you might think - you just need to plant them a little later. Some of the best new potatoes are grown from early and second early varieties, usually harvested in June and July. So, when

I have a tree which I moved close to my cottage when we first moved in some three years ago. It was four feet high. It's now eight feet high and I want toi move it away from the house. We love the tree and dress it every Christmas, as it makes

Hi all I started this thread as I have just taken a photo of a little rose growing in a chimney liner. It has struggled all summer and now is flowering its socks off  - A true Christmas rose  Sorry about picture very dark and raining here today

Our christmas new potato's didn't survive even though they had been fleased for about six weeks because of the sub zero temps for days on end (end of november and december)but we'll try again next year and it toped up the compost bin and the handful

plant projectsHow to make formal Christmas plantersCreating a Christmas door decorationMaking a Christmas wreathCreating a winter display of aster and ornamental cabbageGrowing pansies for winter colour

the weather changes for the better! Hi Victoria, Be careful when planting a Christmas tree outside, as they often grow much larger than anticipated. One of my neighbours had to get a tree surgeon in to fell a spruce tree that a previous owner had planted one

of the chicken yard and doing star-jumps in order to restore circulation.As a result I will take this opportunity to give you a bit of a pre-Christmas run down. I know that plants (apart from the ubiquitous poinsettia) do not figure much on Christmas lists

emerges next year. And now, in an unconcealed attempt to get comments on this blog, I'm appealing for garden-based Christmas cracker jokes. I only know one:Q. What is Sherlock Holmes's favourite plant in his Baker Street garden? A. It's a lemon tree my

are not reading this, dear daughter or you will have no surprises for Christmas! The folding wheelbarrow sounds like a solution to my storage problems! May I ask where you found it? Thank you. I think bird feeders and nesting boxes make wonderfull presents