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RHS Drought-resistant gardening
The RHS know everything about drought gardening: http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=396 The Guardian also has some words of wisdom about saving water in your garden with a hosepipe ban. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2012/apr/06/gardens-water-saving-hosepipe-ban
Continue reading...What drought?
22. April 2012
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Are you thinking the current hose pipe ban does not make sense with all the rain that has fallen in the UK over the past week? Read the BBC summary below to fully understand the long term implications of drought. According to the Environment Agency, droughts of 12- 18 months are going to become more frequent […]
Continue reading...Drought:fake grass replaces lawn
21. April 2012
Fake grass is proving more popular as gardeners despair of keeping their lawns green during the current hose-pipe ban. Experts suggest that in the future lawns will become a sign of ‘moral decadence’ as frequent droughts in the South East will make it unacceptable to use a huge amount of water for upkeep. As well […]
Continue reading...Drought:how to adapt in the garden
20. April 2012
It has rained every day for the past week here in the South East . Every time I look out of the window the water has been falling from the sky in buckets. Still, thoughts of the summer hose pipe ban are never far from mine and most gardeners minds at the moment with the […]
Continue reading...Drought extends over UK
17. April 2012
Drought zones are official in a further 17 English counties, as a warning came that water shortages could last until Christmas 2012. The Environment Agency declared drought zones in the following additional English counties : Nottinghamshire Leicestershire Derbyshire Staffordshire West Midlands Warwickshire Shropshire Worcestershire Herefordshire Gloucestershire Cornwall Devon Dorset Somerset Bristol South Gloucestershire Parts of […]
Continue reading...National Gardening Week 16 – 22nd April
16. April 2012
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This is a new initiative launched by the RHS to get the nation growing and celebrate everything about gardens and gardening. http://www.nationalgardeningweek.org.uk Gardening has to be the best remedy for coping with just about anything life throws at you .Such a great way to drift away from the economic turmoil, austerity measures and […]
Continue reading...Vineyards viable in drought UK
15. April 2012
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The effects of climate change will bring many more vineyards to the UK countryside over the next 50 years, according to Julia Trustram Eve of the English Wine Producers Association. ” In the last seven years, the number of vineyards in the UK has increased from 333 to 416. We think this trend will continue […]
Continue reading...Drought gardening
14. April 2012
Thousands of people will be visiting their local garden centre this Spring to buy annual bedding plants such as petunias, lobelia, bizzy lizzies. Maybe this year with drought conditions and a hosepipe ban just a week away, garden centres might offer alternative plant ideas to beat the drought ? SAY NO TO BEDDING PLANTS […]
Continue reading...Germaine Greer on gardening in drought
9. April 2012
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Ms Greer is a passionate gardener who like me believes that there is a way throught the current hose-pipe bans if we take time to notice what has been happening in our gardens over the past few years: “If you look at the plants clumping up in your garden right now, you will see plenty […]
Continue reading...Hosepipe ban affects 20 million
5. April 2012
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Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced today by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17615364 In the past watering your garden was one of life’s pleasures, but hose-pipe bans and drought are changing this so gardeners need to use water wisely. MEASURE WHAT YOU USE Why not […]
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