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    How To Grow Herbal Tea

    How To Grow Herbal Tea A soothing cuppa has restored the spirits of the Amateur Gardening team on more than a few occasions. But maybe it feels like a leap of faith to swap your PG Tips for something fresh and fancy from your own garden or window box. Until quite…

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    How To Make A Bee Hotel

    How To Make A Bee Hotel To paraphrase a song sampled by Primal Scream, we want a bee free to do what he (or she) wants to do. And one of the best ways to invite passing bees to stick around long enough to pollinate your plants is to give…

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    How To Grow Avocado

    How To Grow Avocado We can’t promise you can easily grow your own avocados – these tropical trees are unlikely to crop in our temperate climate – but don’t let that stop you! Growing an avocado plant from a stone is a fun project: germinating the seed is easy, and…

    How To Grow Clematis C.alpina ‘Columbine’

    How to grow clematis

    This young late-summer-flowering clematis has not been regularly pruned, so I’m cutting back old growth to the topmost buds. It will be pruned again after flowering in autumn © Time Inc   Clematis mingle well with existing climbers and wall shrubs, taking up little extra space. They can deliver flowers every month…

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    How To Make Easter Hanging Baskets

    If you are looking to create hanging baskets this Easter weekend – look no further than our simple step-by-step guide from Amateur Gardening magazine. For this you will need: – hanging baskets – liner – plastic ties – multipurpose compost – plants of your choice How to make your Easter hanging baskets:…

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    Beat Fruit And Veg Pests

    Beat Fruit And Veg Pests If you leave big numbers of pests unchecked on the veggie plot you’ll soon regret it, says Lucy. Many have a rapid breeding rate and sneaky success tactics. It may not be enough to get rid of them by encouraging beneficial creatures like ladybirds and lacewings.…

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    Weatherproof Your Plot

    Weatherproof Your Plot In times of a changing climate, we’re not sure whether summer will bring us deluge or dearth. But come rain or shine, we can take action to ‘weatherproof’ our fruit and veg via careful soil management, says Lucy.   Protect From The Wet So you want to…

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    Spring Lawn Care

    Spring Care Lawn Tips When it comes to spring lawn care there are three key jobs need doing. These are scarifying, spiking, and top-dressing. Scarifying: this removes moss and ‘thatch’ – small pieces of dead grass and other debris. Spiking: this improves drainage and gets air down to the roots of the…

    Make Your Garden Greener

    Make Your Garden Greener

    Make Your Garden Greener Gardeners are natural custodians of their own little piece of the planet, and there’s never been a better time to be the change you want to see. As the Soil Association highlights the benefits of organic gardening, here are five easy tips you can follow to…

    Keep Your Citrus In Shape

    Keep Your Citrus In Shape

    Keep Your Citrus In Shape Overwinter your lemon tree in a greenhouse   If you are growing citrus trees in pots they will have loved the Mediterranean-levels of heat and sunshine we experienced for most of this summer. Our small lemon tree overwintered in the greenhouse, and then several months…

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    Amateur Gardening 19 December 2020

    In Amateur Gardening 19 December, our bumper Christmas issue looks at festive containers, gold and silver plants, a touch of frost, and the 12 jobs of Christmas!

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