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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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In 2008, Garden Organic reported a flood of queries from allotment holders and gardeners whose crops were showing unusual symptoms. The cause turned out to be manure contaminated with the very persistent weedkiller, aminopyralid. Despite the introduction of stringent conditions in 2010, by Dow … [Read more...]
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Growing your veg from plug plants can have many benefits and over the last couple of years, the range offered has increased greatly. One of the hardest parts of growing your own is the tricky seed growing stage when plants are subject to damping off or destroyed by slugs and snails. Using pre … [Read more...]
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SEEDBOMs are friendly bombs that contain all the necessary nutrients to grow flowers virtually anywhere! Tools for eco-warriors and guerrilla gardeners in the war against neglected neighbourhoods and weary wasteland. So get outside, join forces with nature and revive dull and lifeless places with an … [Read more...]
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One of our readers experimented this year by growing potatoes in a tub on the patio. At the end of August, after the stalks had died back, he emptied out about 8Kg of tubers. Earlier in the year, four seed potatoes were planted at the base of a 20 litre pot Gradually adding compost … [Read more...]
Gardening For Health regularly give presentations at events and gardening clubs and the diary for … [Read More...]
Thousands of pounds worth of bespoke raised beds bursting with fruit and vegetables have been … [Read More...]
Whilst mooching around the garden centre as one does on a bank holiday weekend, we spied these large … [Read More...]
For those who follow or are interested in the biodynamic planting method, check out the lunar … [Read More...]
