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Gardening for beginners


There are many online businesses selling seeds, but every now and then you get one that comes up with something innovative, new and special, and Stocks and Green are one such business. For some years the online retailers have been putting together collections of bulbs that will flower at the same time and will look[…]

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  Vegplotter is an incredibly simple way to plan out your vegetable garden or allotment to achieve maximum production throughout the year.  It has the following features and benefits:- Never forget again what you wanted to plant when and where. Garden designs are achievable in a matter of minutes using this product’s  inituitive drag and[…]

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Maybe you have an exposed, windy garden where you struggle to get plants to survive.  I have written a specific article for plants for coastal regions where wind is salty.  You can view this article here.  But even inland winds can be fiercely strong in areas where there is little surrounding protection.  Below I have[…]

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Paperwhites are simply white narcissus for growing indoors.  Deliciously scented varieties such as Ziva are available that will fill a room with their sweet fragrance.  They are a stalwart decoration for the Christmas period, but displays throughout winter are possible by staggering their planting every couple of weeks from November through to January.  Paperwhites are[…]

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Many people do not have the knowledge or confidence to be able to carry out planting design for their own borders.  They may not know which plants grow well in the site available, for instance do they grow well in sun, shade, clay soils, seaside locations etc. They may not know when each of their[…]

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Frozen peas pale into insignificance in comparison to your own, freshly harvested peas from the garden or allotment. They are also a crop that takes up relatively little space and are an excellent crop for the cooler U.K climate. Choosing Varieties Mangetout and Sugarsnap varieties are easiser to grow than shelling peas.  Round peas are[…]

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