I am sure that this week is the national week of something, but here in our northern garden, I have officially declared it the week…
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We love lettuce
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Geranium St George
17/06/10 .The lettuces are going crazy, the first strawberries are beginning to ripen and the first cauliflowers have begun emerging. The potato plants are huge and…
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Cuckoo Spit
12/06/10 .
The glorious weather we had during half term was a fantastic opportunity to finish the planting out. The hanging baskets are now filled and are…
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Line-dancing Sevenoaks grandmother wins Gardening Direct’s £15,000 national prize draw
10/06/10 .
The lucky winner of Gardening Direct’s fantastic £15,000 prize draw competition has been presented with her cheque.
Keen Sevenoaks gardener and line-dancer, Val Philp,…
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Chelsea inspiration
1/06/10 .
I was lucky enough last week to visit the Chelsea Flower Show – as usual, full of inspirational ideas, but, this year, they seemed somewhat…
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Planting and harvesting
27/05/10 .
Heres hoping that the sun we had over the weekend will come back soon as I had a lovely time pottering around in the garden…
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One Extreme To The Other
25/05/10 .Well after almost daily frosts until a fortnight ago we have had shade temps of up to 29deg here for the last week.
My Gardening…
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A bonanza!
21/05/10 .This week the plants have been arriving thick and fast – cauliflower, broccoli, purple sprouting broccoli, tomatoes, cucumber, climbing french beans and trailing fuchias –…
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Strawberries and Petunias
20/05/10 .
I’m not sure if this warmer weather is luring me into a false sense of security and hidden round the corner there is still a…
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Dandelions
15/05/10 .In my last blog entry I wrote that my lawn was in need of a cut and a dandelion removal session. Well, I have decided to…
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