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Top four low-maintenance hedges

Sarah Raven outlines her favourites for garden hedging and explains how to care for them Well known garden designer...

Top tips for pollinator-friendly gardening  

Sue Bradley provides some of her top-tips.... * Favour single, open blooms, which are more easily accessible to insects...

Getting the timing right for tomatoes

Bob explains the ins and outs of growing this most delicious fruit. It’s getting a little too late to sow tomatoes, as like most tender crops they are best started...

Thinking Japanese

Adam Kirtland sings the praises of Oriental tools and plants Over the years that I’ve been gardening, I’ve learned so much from so many people, but it’s also places that...

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Time to make a seedbed

Now's the time to prepare a good-quality seedbed, says Lucy Chamberlain With soil temperatures warming and windowsills overflowing, many gardeners are desperate to begin sowing...

How to get free plants from sprouting perennials

Basal cuttings are a cheap and easy form of propagation As plants start to grow again we can begin to take new growth as cuttings...

A beginner’s guide to making compost  

One of the best ways to save money, reduce waste and help the environment  is to make your own compost. Alex Valk explains how Nutritional,...

An unexpected bonus

A single tomato produced a whole pot of seedlings A few months ago I found a very squishy homegrown ‘Tigerella’ tomato in a drawer, where...

Keep your pots flourishing

Feeding and pest control are high up the agenda Pots and baskets may be an easy way of adding quick colour to the garden, but...

Lilies – how to care for lily flowers with a look at ‘Queen of The Night’

This Asiatic Lily (Lilium asiatica) 'Queen of the Night' is a unique lily with beautiful, almost black flowers, accented by stunning vermilion red stamens!...
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