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The First Years in the Garden | The Second Year - I made the decision to concentrate on one of the long borders and the first problem encountered was the soil quality. It was clay and, although fertile, in the hot summer of the first year had baked hard and cracked

My Favourite Television Gardening Presenter - A Tribute to Geoff Hamilton - Do you have a favourite television gardening presenter? I don't mean just at the present but all time.

Sweet Pea - The Sweet Pea or to use its posh Latin name Lathyrus is native to Crete, Sicily and southern Italy. Sweet Peas are grown for their pretty pea-like, often scented flowers and are normally grown as annuals but a perennial form is available.

Feeding Your Garden Birds - Feeding our garden birds has become a very popular pastime. The last think we want to do is harm our birds when all we are trying to do is be kind.

Bird Tables - A bird table will be at its most popular and valuable when natural food is in short supply

Bird Feeding Frequently Asked Questions - If you are just starting out as a wild bird feeder you probably have many questions in your mind as to whether you are feeding them correctly or doing more harm than good.

Bird Feeder Tips - There are many types of wild bird feeder on the market now that you can buy from your local pet shop or pet store.

Planting Your Garden for Birds and Wildlife - This section tells you everything you need to know about planning your garden and selecting, planting and managing trees, shrubs and flowering plants to achieve the maximum potential for birds.

What Can You Feed Your Garden Birds? - Many people when beginning to feed garden birds for the first time have doubts about what can be used as food and have concerns about whether they are doing more harm than good.

Year Round Bird Feeding Regime - If there is one question that comes up regularly in conversations or emails about bird feeding it is "should I feed the birds in summer as well as winter or just the winter months when food is scarce?"

Winter Jasmine | Jasminum Nudiflorum - Winter Jasmine is one of those shrubs that we can take for granted. It flowers over a long period and does not take much controlling

Greenhouse Tips - March 2008 - Hints and tips for things to do in the greenhouse in March

Fruit Garden Tips for March - Is there anything better than walking up to your own apple trees, pear trees or soft fruit bushes and picking ripe, juicy fruits that have not travelled hundreds or even thousands of miles?

Vegetable Growing Tips for March - Whether growing vegetables in the ground or growing vegetables in containers, the end result sitting on your dinner plate tastes so much better

Gardening advice for the flower garden in March - Put in the work in the garden in March and you will reap the benefits later and realise how worthwhile all that effort was

Photinia x fraseri Red Robin - This choice eye catching shrub has glossy dark green adult foliage

Hebe Red Edge - An easy to grow hardy shrub preferring well drained light soil

March into the Garden - The garden in March begins to lift my spirit after the dark months of winter

Garden Candles for Those Warm Summer Nights - Gone are the days when we used to think of a garden just as something that was pretty to look at, we work hard and spend money as well as time to achieve something that we should enjoy for as long as possible through those short summer months

The Butterfly Garden - Bring life into your garden with beautiful butterflies

Vegetable Growing Tips for April - Here we are in April and the days are getting longer and the sun is getting stronger. Now is the ideal time to consider seed sowing and taking delivery of the young plants you have ordered. An air of optimism is in the garden.

Gardening Tips for the Flower Garden in April - Spring flowering is nearly over, time to get ready for summer flowers

Crown Imperial | Fritillaria Imperalis Maxima Lutea - The bright yellow flowers rise majestically from the light green foliage and are topped with a crown of green leaf-like bracts

Spiraea - Spiraea are deciduous generally disease and pest free shrubs

Growing Tomato | Questions and Answers | Hints and Tips - By far the largest postbag of questions received is about tomatoes. There are still many more questions in the bag and I will attempt to answer them here, it may take a while to get through them all!

Vegetable Garden in July - Hints and Tips - Hints and tips for the vegetable garden in July.

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