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Gardening

Garden makeover results

by muddywellies July 16, 2009
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Gardening is a hugely popular pastime for many and one of the most common questions for the beginner gardener is “Where do I start?” My first picture shows my wife Tania at the start of our own garden makeover back in July, 1999, when we faced the same question. The pictures below show the results [...]

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Herbaceous Border Design and Build

by muddywellies July 12, 2009
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One of the biggest ‘obstacles’ for anyone new to gardening – is the patience level of the gardener! Speaking as one of the most impatient of all gardeners, I’m always ‘encouraging’ my plants to do greater things and in this post I’ll be highlighting the design and construction of one of my own mixed herbaceous [...]

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Over watering – How to avoid the biggest plant killer of pot plants

by muddywellies July 6, 2009

Over-watering is the biggest killer of all potted plants – whether they’re potted house plants or tender plants over-wintering under glass. So how come so many pot plants meet their maker so easily? Because there’s more to it than that… The most dangerous time of the year for plants Surprisingly, the problem of over-watering doesn’t [...]

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Some basic gardening tips for all those starting out

by muddywellies July 1, 2009
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Gardening is great fun and very much an all-consuming interest if you really catch the gardening-bug! So much so that many like myself have had career-changing experiences to begin doing what we enjoy the most. But nobody ‘knows all about gardening’. Gardening is really quite different between the regions, even on this small isle which [...]

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How to grow bamboo – and enjoy it!

by muddywellies June 26, 2009
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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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Top Ten Garden Plants

by muddywellies June 24, 2009

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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