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Gardening with Mum

March 11, 2018by snapdragon jules 1 Comment

A couple of times a month I used to pop down to my Mum’s on the other side of the South Downs to help out in her garden – my […]

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Practical Gardening, Sunday Story

Rocket Gardens

January 24, 2018by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

For those like me who have a vegetable garden but neither the time nor the room to grow hundreds of seeds, prick them out and nurture young plants properly until […]

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Practical Gardening, Vegetable gardening

Keeping Warm in Winter

February 11, 2017by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

It is too cold to venture out in my garden, other than to feed the birds. I’ve just done that, and on the way back I grabbed a few things […]

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In my Garden, Practical Gardening, What to do in winter

Mindful gardening

January 15, 2017by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

I read an excellent article by Julian Rollins in the Guardian this week. He described how he has ditched his garden power tools and now enjoys a peaceful ‘go-slow’ method […]

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In my Garden, Mindful Gardening, Practical Gardening, Sunday Story

O Christmas tree

January 4, 2017by snapdragon jules 1 Comment

Now that Christmas is over for another year, I’m spending today taking down all the decorations, which includes carefully disrobing my lovely living Christmas tree and taking it outdoors. This […]

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Christmas, In my Garden, Must have plant, Practical Gardening, What to do in winter

Favourite ‘f’ words

December 9, 2016by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

Not those! Mine are names of the makers of my most treasured gardening tools, Felco and Fiskars. Felco secateurs are legendary – incredibly efficient with a vast range for all strengths […]

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In my Garden, Practical Gardening

Buddleia Julia?

November 18, 2016by snapdragon jules 1 Comment

As mentioned in a previous blog, two years ago I found an unusual buddleia that had grown from seed in one of my veg beds. It looks unlike any other […]

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Garden Story, Practical Gardening

Saving Seeds

September 9, 2016by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

Like many fellow members of The Cottage Garden Society, at this time of year I’m busy sorting, packing and labelling seeds collected from my garden. I will send them to […]

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In my Garden, Practical Gardening

Coleus display

July 15, 2016by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Yesterday we visited West Dean gardens near Chichester, one of my favourite gardens and always a source of inspiration. I was captivated by this amazing display in one of their greenhouses […]

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In my Garden, inspiration, Must have plant, Practical Gardening

What to do in Winter – Plant Labels

February 6, 2016by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

I keep every label from all the plants that I buy. Pictorial garden centre labels, carefully handwritten ones from nurseries and even those jotted on cardboard from car boot sale […]

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snapdragon jules

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