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Turn Food Cans into a Mini Herb Garden
Gareth Whitfield
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More and more amateur gardeners are suggesting a rethink of a familiar kitchen habit: rather than throwing away or recycling...
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Lasagne Gardening: Build Fertile Beds Without Digging This Winter
Gareth Whitfield
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While many amateur gardeners prefer to stay indoors during winter, an ideal opportunity is passing unnoticed: the chance to create...
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Fruit Tree Grafting: How Your First Graft Can Succeed
Gareth Whitfield
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The old apple tree in the neighbouring garden looks like a forgotten relative: gnarled branches, a handful of tired fruit...
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Gaura Instead of Roses: The Low-Maintenance Perennial for the Garden
Gareth Whitfield
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While roses demand pruning, feeding and protection from disease year after year, an alternative is quietly taking over the ornamental...
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What a Hoopoe in the Garden Reveals About Your Soil and Nature
Gareth Whitfield
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Spotting a hoopoe in the garden can make you blink in surprise. Its orange-beige plumage, black-and-white barred wings and, above...
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How to Keep Your Orchid Flowering for Almost the Entire Year
Gareth Whitfield
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Most people know the feeling: an orchid looks magnificent in the living room for weeks, then its flowers fall away...
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Remove Moss with Bicarbonate: The 48-Hour Method for Paving Slabs
Gareth Whitfield
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Many people turn to the drastic option and pour boiling water over stone surfaces. It looks clean for a short...
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When to Sow Green Beans: A Practical Guide
Gareth Whitfield
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Green beans are among the vegetables that even beginners can usually grow with ease, provided the soil has warmed sufficiently...
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Why a Garden Hose Can Magically Attract Snakes
Gareth Whitfield
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An everyday garden tool can have an almost magical attraction for snakes. As gardening picks up again, people tend to...
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Orange Peel for Hydrangeas: A Natural Alternative to Specialist Fertiliser
Gareth Whitfield
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Anyone who grows hydrangeas in the garden or in containers will recognise the problem: yellowing leaves, drooping flowers and little...
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Scarifying the Lawn in Spring: Avoid the Most Common Mistakes
Gareth Whitfield
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After a wet winter, a garden lawn can quickly look like a patchy swamp. Moss, brown patches and yellowing blades...
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Garlic in the Strawberry Bed: A Simple Natural Protection Trick
Gareth Whitfield
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An unassuming helper in the soil could turn things around. Many home gardeners know the frustration: at first, there are...
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The English trick for feeding garden birds in winter
Gareth Whitfield
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Anyone who has seen television footage of English front gardens is often struck by the scene: birds are chirping, fluttering...
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Simple spring trick: how your lawn grows thick and richly green again
Gareth Whitfield
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A garden department salesperson explains which straightforward spring trick will help your grass grow thick and richly green again. By...
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When to Plant Tomatoes Outdoors: The Right Time for Full Bowls
Gareth Whitfield
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The right timing determines whether you enjoy full bowls or empty beds. Every year, many home gardeners face the same...
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Photinia hedge replacement: why Pittosporum is the better choice from spring 2026
Gareth Whitfield
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In countless front gardens, once-proud Photinia hedges are suddenly looking tired: brown patches, bare areas and leaf drop as early...
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Action’s €1.99 Seed Snail: Easier March Sowing
Gareth Whitfield
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By March, it is hard to resist sowing tomatoes, herbs and colourful flowers. Yet early attempts often bring mouldy trays,...
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10 fast-growing perennials that fill borders in record time
Gareth Whitfield
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It does not have to stay that way. With carefully chosen fast-growing perennials, even a bare patch of soil can...
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Why Tomatoes Split: How to Prevent Cracked Tomatoes
Gareth Whitfield
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The first morning sunshine catches the still-damp grass, coffee is steaming in your hand, and you head to the tomato...
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Pampas Grass in France: What the Ban Means for Your Garden
Gareth Whitfield
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Pampas grass was long regarded as a fashionable plant for front gardens, patios and living-room vases. Since a change in...
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Strawberry plants: prepare before April for a bigger harvest
Gareth Whitfield
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After winter, everything in the strawberry bed can still look rather tired. Days are getting longer, yet the soil is...
