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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

As seed catalogues drop through my letterbox as predictably as falling autumn leaves, I face a dilemma. Each one is a veritable candy store, packed with sweets and treats to savour. I know what I like, and which varieties have performed well for me

as well as attracting large numbers of bees and hoverflies. You are very lucky! I've not received the first seed catalogue but expected to within the next week. I'll just have to hope the mailman doesn't keep them all to himself.

. Had a few failures like squash and beetroot so will give them a miss perhaps but thought I might try Swiss Chard for first time. Just can't resist those seed catalogues and am already plotting next year how can you tell if old seed that ive keep from

It's that time of year again. When the weather gets grim, I like to peruse the vegetable seed catalogues, checking the availability of my favourite varieties and finding out what's new. I enjoy choosing what vegetables to grow next year, but I try

I hope I’m not getting impatient in my advancing years. When the latest seed catalogues arrived I was determined to find out which were the quickest-growing salad crops.Gardening isn’t the best pursuit for anyone seeking instant gratification, and I

Clean and sharpen knives and secateurs, and spray metal tools with oilPut up nesting boxes for birds in suitable trees or on buildingsMove shrubs growing in the wrong placeService petrol lawn mowersSearch through seed, bulb and nursery catalogues

Every January I get carried away with buying too many packets of seeds and worse of all, the catalogues and email messages arrive from gardening companies and I order plug plants.  Dare not put any more trays of seeds in house, OH is being pushed

featuresRemove pond pumps and filters to wash and storeLook out for special offers on early orders from seed cataloguesWrap outside taps with insulation to prevent them freezingTreat fences and timber structures with stain or preservativeWelcome in the new

, as they always stand the winter weather ok. Thanks very much i see them listed in my seed catalogue jan -feb sowing too i agree with colin, i dont think that you can beat musselbrough for reliability and taste