As the nights draw in and the first frosts loom, turn attention to tender perennials that struggle outdoors through winter. Plants like pelargoniums, salvias, osteospermums, and fuchsias gave months of colour in summer. Left unprotected, they can be killed by frost and excessively wet conditions. The good news is, simple preparation now preserves plants [...]

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September usually signifies the end of the summer holidays and a whiff of autumn in the air.  It can feel like the garden has given all its summer offerings, but there’s plenty more colour to come! With some planning, you can have different themed flower borders, bursting with vibrant colour, flowering right until the [...]

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We are all familiar with the sweet scent of cut grass in the spring and summer. It is many people's favourite scent in the UK, with 37& of those in a poll choosing it as number one. But what causes that familiar, popular natural perfume? Why does grass smell the way [...]

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There are few things worse than checking on your recently transplanted seedlings and finding that they have been destroyed by the weather or local wildlife. Why not try and use your old plastic bottles to keep them safe? If you want to see me making my own miniature plastic bottle greenhouse, [...]

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