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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

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

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

Chelsea 2016 highlights

May 24, 2016by snapdragon jules Leave a comment

Yesterday was a good day. I was one of the lucky journalists invited to attend Chelsea Press Day. Apparently famous faces at the show are now valued above those providing expert […]

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inspiration, News

The Year of the Clematis

April 17, 2016by snapdragon jules 3 Comments

Each gardening season I seem to find myself suddenly fixated on a plant type, and before I know it I have started to accumulate several of them. Last year it […]

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Must have plant

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

Saving seeds

September 13, 2015by snapdragon jules 4 Comments

At this time of year I save seeds from as many plants as I can in my garden, keeping those from unusual and interesting plants for The Cottage Garden Society’s annual […]

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Sunday Story

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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