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in alphabetical order were defended by some and attacked by others. They help customers  (and staff) locate plants if they know what they're looking for, but you could hardly call these benches inspirational. To new gardeners they can even appear intimidating

I've just enjoyed a relaxing hour, cup of tea in one hand, binoculars in the other, gazing out of the window at my garden. Yes, some plants are showing signs of growth, there's still bloom on my winter-flowering viburnum, and the squirrels are still

in - unless you enjoy being observed by passers-by - but you still want it to look good. A simple pattern of box and gravel looks fabulous (especially from upstairs windows) and is pretty low maintenance. Box also works well as edging, in order to restrain

at Chelsea, designing for Cancer Research UK. When we saw it there was a vast canopy covering a lot of the garden: so large that it had become known among the other gardeners as "the petrol station". However, this was before the plants arrived - I'm certain

are on offer to growers, with mail-order specialists offering the widest selection.Salad potatoes are a great source of energy, fibre, potassium and vitamin B. Although potatoes don’t count towards your five a day, they are fat free and nutritious. Skin colour

in my gardening habits, so you'll rarely find me on the plot on 21 December.There's still plenty of time to order and plant shallots or find them in garden centres - I've got away with planting them in at the end of April and still had a good crop

. After two or more extremely dry years, many areas had drought orders imposed on them last April, with hosepipe bans for millions of gardeners. Then the heavens opened and it’s been deluge after deluge ever since.I woke on Sunday morning to find a large

ordered a plum tree for the allotment. It would have been lovely to go to Brogdale to eat my way through some of the 350 varieties they keep there, but instead I took the advice of fruit tree expert Paul Jasper.Some allotments don't allow trees at all