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• Wellington boots

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 27 December 2007, 11.14AM
  

  I always really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for all the smiles, the people, the happiness, and of course the Christmas pudding.

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• Jack Frost nipping at your nose

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 21 December 2007, 05.20PM
  

  Happy Christmas - I hope that you are all rosy of cheek, tousled of appearance and brimming with goodwill to all men, women, children and close relations.

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• Seed catalogues

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Adam Pasco, 21 December 2007, 05.01PM
  

  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.

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• Christmas compost

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 18 December 2007, 10.20AM
  

  Like politics and football, everybody seems to have an opinion about compost. About the only thing that we all agree about is that compost is a good thing...

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• It was a dark and stormy day...

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 11 December 2007, 08.51AM
  

  This is my, very brief, guide to Garden Books for a Filthy Afternoon. In no particular order but with the only criterion being that they have no pictures apart from the occasional illustration.

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• Dogs in the garden

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Adam Pasco, 10 December 2007, 10.35AM
  

  Life would be so dull without Magic. Coming up to four years old now, our miniature black poodle is such a wonderful companion.

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• Hibernating snails

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 29 November 2007, 10.12AM
  

  The temperatures are dropping and the hill opposite where I live is a magical mix of golden, yellow, orange and bronze, as all the trees, largely oak and beech, are showing their autumn colours.

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• Flat as a pancake

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 27 November 2007, 10.59AM
  

  Last Sunday evening the rain, that had been pouring down all day, turned to snow...Instead of being light, fluffy cotton-woolly snow this was wet and heavy.

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