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Gardening | Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Wood pellet central heating systems ‘fueling for the future’

Wood pellets are an environmentally friendly, renewable alternative to fossil fuels such as oil, gas, turf etc. They also possess the advantage of being cleaner and more efficient than traditional heat energy sources.  more >

A cheap and reliable spring bulb

Days have cooled a little and soon they will dawn with crisp frosts and golden mists providing marvellous opportunities for the gardener to savour the delights of flowers that display their luminous autumnal colours.  more >

Scented and white

Certain plants tend to look their best after sunset. I can think of at least a dozen.  more >

Visit the Chelsea Flower Show 2006

IN MAY of each year, the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea come alive with the sights and smells of the finest collection of flowers (and gardens) in the world.  more >

Gettiing to the root of Tomato Probllems

I USED to think that all tomatoes were simply coloured bags of water. That is until the likes of ‘Sweet 100’ and ‘Gardeners Delight’ came on the scene some years ago.  more >

A bird lover’s garden

IF MY neighbours were ever to stop and wonder why our piece of family garden attracts more birds than theirs, then the answer would soon become clear as daylight.  more >

Ideas for your summer patio garden

ATMOSPHERE IS an elusive quality, which few gardens possess, even if they are triumphs of design and plantsmanship.  more >

Promiscuous Primulas

Mentally surveying some of the delights of spring, many of which will soon be at their best I recall with gratitude the candleabra primulas.  more >

Calling a spade a spade

IN THE US a shovel is used more for the removal of snow than actual gardening, and nothing else equals its unique, broad, flat blade for bulk lifting.  more >

Sky's the limit with trees

ONE ALWAYS regrets not having planted more of a thing one likes. This may not be tidy English, but it is good gardening advice!  more >



 

 

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