From the monthly archives:

June 2009

The weekly supermarket food shop is a necessity in any urban environment -  we all do it.  Some, like myself, try to avoid it as often as we’re allowed to by our ‘other half’.  Typically, mine prefers to shop at her own pace, checking labels on items which are new to her without feeling under [...]

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Here’s a very easy method to keep all your stainless steel kitchen units clean for months! My acidic skin easily tarnishes everything I touch. Without thinking I used to leave tell-tale fingerprints wherever I went,  especially on the brass finger plates above the door handles in my parents’ Victorian home. I’d hear about it first [...]

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An alternative title might be  – “What you should know about Bamboo before you buy” Many gardeners do not fully appreciate what they are getting in to when they buy their first bamboo plant. There’s a lot of hype surrounding it that doesn’t prepare people sufficiently to make the right choice when choosing the Bamboo [...]

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Name your TOP TEN GARDEN PLANTS for a 4-seasons garden – (excluding vegetables and herbs)? Ok. It could be open to misinterpretation depending upon your point of view. You might list for example, your favourite bulb, favourite climber, favourite shrub perhaps but would they really end up being your top ten garden plants? Put it [...]

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How to Grow Hostas without Holes

by muddywellies June 22, 2009
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Hostas are a highly prized and popular garden plant for many gardeners. Yet you rarely hear them mentioned without also hearing about the damage caused to them by slugs and snails – in the same breath. Some gardeners refuse even to grow hostas because they’ve been so dispirited seeing these popular plants being shredded overnight. [...]

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