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• Bargains galore

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 15 November 2007, 10.08AM
  

  Whenever I stop to think just how much effort has gone in to the raising, nurturing and production of plants in nurseries and garden centres I can't help but be amazed how inexpensive they are...

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• Your tulips were made for kissin'...

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 13 November 2007, 08.53AM
  

  November is the month to plant tulips. There are few things more wonderful in this world than to cradle a tulip bulb in your hand.

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• Slugs and snails

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 08 November 2007, 10.08AM
  

  This has been the year for slugs and snails and I've really lost my cool with them. I might try to be a live-and-let-live gardener but I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!

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• Turning over a new leaf

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 06 November 2007, 08.53AM
  

  What a glorious week it has been. With such clear skies and sunshine how could I resist writing about autumn leaves?

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• Squirrels

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Adam Pasco, 05 November 2007, 11.03AM
  

  What's up with the squirrels in my garden? Why can't they stick to the peanut feeders and keep off my lawn!

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• It's sloe gin time

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 01 November 2007, 09.46AM
  

  I've just come back from the supermarket, clutching the normal array of necessities...and three large bottles of gin. No, I've not turned to the bottle; it's sloe gin time.

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• A poke in the eye

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 30 October 2007, 09.01AM
  

  One of the best looking plants in my garden this week is the Pokeweed. The spectacular berries are the shape of turbans and change in colour from bean green to burnished Ribena.

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• Autumn seeds

  Posted in Gardeners' musings by Kay Maguire, 29 October 2007, 11.18AM
  

  I have just braced myself for a long wait by sowing the seed of a tree peony, from a plant which took 2 years to germinate and another 5 to flower.

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