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Geoff Hamilton, presenter of TV’s Gardeners’ World, telling me about the competition he had every year with his twin brother Tony to see which of them could serve up the biggest number of different home-grown ingredients for their Christmas dinner

I love Christmas shopping. No, I'm not talking about battling down the High Street for gifts or fighting through crowds with a trolley laden with groceries. Who could possibly love that? My Christmas shopping involves delving into seed catalogues

recording of a Christmas Special edition of Gardeners' Question Time (broadcast on Sunday 27 December 2009), at which John had been on top form.I'd been invited to join John, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood at the Garden Museum near Lambeth Palace

right away.3. Insulate outside tapNot only must I turn off the stopcock to my garden tap to isolate the water supply (mine is almost hidden behind pipework under the kitchen sink), but I must wrap insulation material round the brass tap itself. Again, I

at Christmas when relatives out-stay their welcome. But as a gardener my shed is entirely functional... no stove, no bookshelf, no biscuits, just the tools of the trade.One of the previous owners of my house was an Italian family, and Gino, the father

is like tackling an assault course. It won’t actually take that long to complete the job, but the weather over Christmas has been so cold (and kept me indoors decorating my daughter’s bedroom) that I’m putting off the job until conditions have warmed up a

Before I start, please accept the warmest of wishes from all the team at gardenersworld.com and Gardeners' World magazine. We hope your Christmas was a happy one, and the New Year ahead brings you everything you would wish for.What a December we

in A-Z beds.Others have come down on my side, like the one garden centre owner, who is quoted as saying: "We agree with Adam Pasco - the majority of garden centres are uninspiring places to visit".I hadn't realised my comments would stir-up a hornets