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RHS National Gardening Week 2012

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November 27, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

National Gardening Week to get the Nation Growing

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced details of the first National Gardening Week, to take place in April 2012.It hopes the plans will help trigger ideas engage schools, communities, gardeners, organisations and the garden trade to support the week.The nationwide event … [Read more...]

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Radius Garden Tools Review

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June 18, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Radius NRG hand tool range

Constantly on the the lookout for tools and equipment which help to make digging, planting and weeding more comfortable, we recently got our hands on some tools designed to be easier on the hands and wrists, from the Radius garden tool range;NRG Transplanter, cultivator, weeder and … [Read more...]

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Pricking out and potting on

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April 5, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Lettuce_seedling

April has begun with a slump in temperatures, howling gales and horizontal rain but the greenhouse is a riot of growth, with many of the seedlings needing to be potted on.Pricking out seedlings may seem tedious to many, but gardener's find this a relaxing and rewarding process.Taking young … [Read more...]

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Some new perennials

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March 13, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Foxglove seedlings

The frenzy of seed sowing and dividing herbaceous perennials is upon us and the Gardening for Health borders have just undergone a five year revamp.Many of the perennials such as Hemerocallis, and geraniums had grown into very large clumps, so the division of the roots yielded quite a number of … [Read more...]

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A Thingamadig

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July 27, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Thingamadig from Lakeland

Following on from our recent article about using hand tools in the garden. we have recently found this Thingamadig from Lakeland.The Thingamadig is manufactured by Dalson in Australia for Lakeland of Windermere. They claim that;"This unique and versatile garden trowel can dig, scoop, … [Read more...]

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