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Cottage garden style

December 14, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Cottage garden style is often described as gardening in a way that uses informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. For me it is […]

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Practical Gardening

Raspberry Jam

November 22, 2015by snapdragon jules 1 Comment

Raspberry canes run rampant in my garden. They love the sandy soil below, and the regular feed of compost on top. I grow them for two reasons – as a […]

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Practical Gardening

Rake or blower?

October 18, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Pictured above is my favourite tool of the moment. At this time of year I get a daily dose of leaves falling from the huge sycamore tree at the end of […]

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Practical Gardening

Tomato Troubles

October 11, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Why can’t I grow tomatoes from seed? I have a sunny greenhouse and all the time needed to sow the seeds, nurture seedlings and provide good watering and feeding regimes, […]

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Practical Gardening

Raising the Stakes

August 30, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

This time of year I spend a lot of time supporting perennials and shrubs, especially necessary when they have been weighted down with rain as last week. I have a […]

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Practical Gardening

Decorative Cane Tops

July 12, 2015by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

One of my big fears in gardening is accidentally poking my eye with bamboo cane or a sharp clipped branch, so I have the national collection of cane tops in […]

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Garden Decor, Practical Gardening

Tom’s Trowel

June 21, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

I have a shed full of garden tools to photograph. Trowels and garden forks in every shape and size imaginable. Hoes of every hue, and as for watering cans – […]

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Practical Gardening, Sunday Story

Pulling the birds

May 21, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Feeding birds in the garden gives the best return on spend of anything I have done here. For less than £10 a month I now have a garden full of […]

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Practical Gardening, Sunday Story

Stone Management

May 14, 2015by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

I’m supposed to be weeding so I don’t know why I have started sorting out stones. Husband Tom started me off – his dad used to ask him to do […]

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Garden Decor, Practical Gardening

Decorative mulches for pots

May 10, 2015by snapdragon jules 2 Comments

Mulching around plants in the garden is great for improving the soil and suppressing weeds – but I also like to cover bare soil in pots, to help them from drying out […]

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Garden Decor, Practical Gardening

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