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• Bluebells, tulips and the Malvern Show

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 06 May 2008, 11.14AM
  

  The whole world seems to be teeming with life at the moment: the birdsong is delightful, the snails are on the march and the plants are growing at phenomenal speed.

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• Garden sheds - pesticides of the past

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 08 April 2008, 10.18AM
  

  The other day I came across a very ancient shed with many of the original contents.

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• Composting cardboard

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Adam Pasco, 07 April 2008, 12.16PM
  

  ... newspaper can be composted, and so can plain cardboard including corrugated boxes, tubes from toilet and kitchen paper rolls as well as egg boxes.

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• Gardening with children

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 03 April 2008, 11.42AM
  

  I really look forward to the school holidays, when I finally get my two children to myself. No hurrying, no homework - just time to do the things we want to do, like being outside for as much of the day as possible.

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• Plant supports - upping the stakes

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 01 April 2008, 10.09AM
  

  A lot of plants are, like stragglers from a hen night, not very good at remaining upright without some support.

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• Manure

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 28 March 2008, 11.32AM
  

  It's not every year I manage it, but this year we were tipped the wink that a local chap had a good source of quality manure. And just in time to spread some around my fruit.

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• Spring flowers - my least favourites

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 25 March 2008, 01.26PM
  

  I think it is time for another deeply prejudiced personal rant about my least favourite plants.

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• Spring is on the way

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 18 March 2008, 10.30AM
  

  Wandering around this morning I have noticed that spring has been inching in under cover of the bad weather.

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