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This Month In The Garden – December 2019/January 2020
Over the next couple of months there are likely to be quite a few days when the weather won’t be conducive to working out- of- doors. There are, however, plenty of jobs to keep you busy if you can get … Continue reading
Posted in Lawns, This month in the garden, Winter
Tagged Gardening tips for january, Jeremy Arthern
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This Month in The Garden – November 2019
As this year draws near to its end we are seeing a repeat of last year’s weather; a long period of drought followed by a wet October. There is a difference though, as the period of drought was neither as … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, This month in the garden
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This Month In The Garden – September 2019
August was the month of the big wind. Most people probably avoided major damage but there was enough to stir things up in the garden. Some of my dahlias were spoiled and I just got to the vegetables in time … Continue reading
Posted in Summer, This month in the garden, Watering
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This Month In The Garden
A couple of days ago we had our first ripe raspberries from the garden. Just four of them, but there is the promise of lots more to come and the rain came at the right time to make them swell. … Continue reading
This Month in the Garden – June 2019
At last my front and back lawns are looking like continuous areas of mown grass rather than a random mixture of grass and patches of bare earth. In April I loosened the soil in all the bare patches, sowed lawn … Continue reading
Posted in Lawns, Ponds, Summer, This month in the garden, Watering
Tagged Jeremy Arthern
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This Month in the Garden – May 2019
As I write in mid-April, the vegetables seeds I sowed in March have just begun to germinate. I have needed to water them, though, because we have not had any appreciable rainfall since then. If this continues it will mean … Continue reading
Posted in Clematis, Hosta, Spring, This month in the garden, Watering
Tagged Jeremy Arthern
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This Month in the Garden – April 2019
There are firm historical and theological reasons for having Easter Day on a variable date but it does mean that sometimes the Church’s celebration of new life gets rather widely separated from the new life of spring in the garden. … Continue reading
This Month in the Garden – March 2019
This is the time to come out of hibernation and to start being really active in the garden. There is a lot to be done and a good start now will pay off for the rest of the year. Where … Continue reading
This Month in the Garden – February 2019
Here we are again at the start of another gardening year. As usual, we wonder what the year will hold for us and, in particular, what the weather will be like. Already, this year has been unusually dry and many … Continue reading
This Month in the Garden – December 2018, January 2019
What can a gardener do in December and January except sit indoors in the warm and think of Spring ? That idea has attractions but they are not very profitable ones when there is a lot you can do which … Continue reading
