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• How to Make Small Beautiful

  

  Isabelle Palmer set up her internet company the balcony gardener when she found it difficult to buy appropriate products and plants for her tiny urban balcony... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 GARDENING

• Drought-Busting Composts – Bag a Bargain

  

  Save £6 when you buy one each of all three Carbon Gold Products – Seed compost, All Purpose compost and GroChar concentrate. They are normally valued at £20.97... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 GARDENING

• Flourishing Toms

  

  The tomatoes I sowed on Valentine’s day were moved from under the Growlight and potted on over the weekend. I’m keeping them indoors in the kitchen... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 GARDENING

• Farewell Myrtle

  

  My ten year old myrtle tree succumbed to the heavy snow in the winter with two of its three branches keeling over, leaving one rather weedy looking upright. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 GARDENING

• Buttercream in the Garden

  

  Individually the flowers of Jury’s Yellow camellia look just like something created out of buttercream icing for a wedding cake. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 GARDENING

• Woodstock Festival

  

  I’m having my own little festival going round the front door with pots of beetroot red ‘Woodstock’ hyacinths. I love this color and it goes really well with... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 GARDENING

• Empathy in the Flower Garden

  

  I’ve sown a mini meadow under the apple and apricot trees using the Empathy mini meadow with beneficial micorrhiza (£5.99) from Root Grow They are the company... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 GARDENING

• Mulch Away & Keep the Drought at Bay

  

  Now I know that it’s only the south and the east of the country that is short of water, but mulching is generally a good thing even in areas where rain continue... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 GARDENING

• Avoiding ‘Cat’astrophe

  

  With plenty of bare soil in evidence Titus the Cat and the neighbourhood moggies look upon the potager as a large litter tray, so every bit of soil preparation... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 GARDENING

• Well-measured Beans

  

  If you find that you are not too good at measuring spacing or tend to sow wonky rows, the wooden rule (£18.95) from Burgon & Ball might help. It has the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 GARDENING

• Celebrating Outdoor Living

  

  On the 7th- 9th April – Easter Bank Holiday Weekend Gloucester Quays is launching a new, FREE three-day festival celebrating outdoor living and is inviting... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 GARDENING

• An Afternoon with Fergus Garrett

  

  On the 1st April Fergus Garrett is heading north of the borders to give a seasonal gardening lecture at Barr Village Hall. Refreshments and delicious homemade... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2012 GARDENING

• A Sufficiency of Sweet Peas

  

  My autumn-sown sweetpeas always do really well, but inevitably they start to wind down just at the point when my friends spring-sown seeds get into their stride... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 GARDENING

• Indoor Bulb Potting

  

  On 24th March Sarah Raven (in association with The Flower Council of Holland) will be demonstrating indoor bulb potting throughout the day at Perch Hill in a... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 GARDENING

• The Glory of the Galanthus

  

  I’m slightly concerned that I’m in danger of developing galloping galanthophilia. I’ve previously been puzzled by those obsessed by the minute differences... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 GARDENING

• A Treasure for My Garden

  

  I am now the proud owner of one of this season’s hottest plants, Hellebore ‘Anna’ – bred by John Massey and named in honor of Anna Pavord. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 GARDENING

• An Unexpected Bargain

  

  In general I’m more of a browser than a buyer these days, but while wandering round the local junk shops I spotted these four vintage terracotta for a paltry... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2012 GARDENING

• Garden Re-Leaf Day

  In the gardening equivalent of Comic Relief and Sports Relief, more than 500 UK garden centres and scores of leading gardening experts will be holding special... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2012 GARDENING

• Dixter Delights

  

  I managed to get to Great Dixter for its first ever winter open weekend (it doesn’t open properly until Easter) and wandered round in perfect weather. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 GARDENING

• Shadow Play

  

  I recently spotted these delicate laser-cut metal silhouettes on the garden wall of a museum I was visiting. I loved their subtlety and how the individual... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 GARDENING