I am busy planting seeds now the weather is warmer and the days are longer – all great fun but with mixed results so check out these ready made vegetable plants from Rocket Gardens in Cornwall if you have neither the time or inclination to wait for seeds to germinate. A Rocket Garden is a […]
Continue reading...2. April 2011
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Met Office rainfall figures for March indicate that the month is likely to be one of the driest on record in the UK , even with rain falling over recent days. The UK average rainfall total from 1 to 29 March was 39.1 mm – 41% of the long-term average for the whole of the month […]
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London’s urban gardeners are growing. And it seems that size does not matter – it is more about being in touch with the soil and getting back to sourcing our own food. Everything from guerilla gardening to aerial/rooftop gardens and, even on the smallest of balconies or in window boxes, it appears that Londoners are […]
Continue reading...1. April 2011
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If you enjoy reading about how gardeners adapt to climate change on this blog then check out this new book which has just published Gardening in a changing climate is written by Ambra Edwards: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardening-Changing-Climate-Ambra-Edwards/dp/1903141621/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301253153&sr=1-1-fkmr0
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3. April 2011
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