Well happy belated new year to everyone including all my customers!

Brrr…. its still frosty and very cold in mornings, i am still scrapping the ice off my van in the mornings.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a really good new year.
I have been so busy with sorting my allotment out and of course [...]

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Well here we are well into May now, there’s plently of  jobs around the garden to keep us all busy for the month:

Roses - Its time to tend to your roses with a good feed, which is applied now, and again in autumn.
Watering - The weather has changed for the better here in Devon, so don’t forget to water and [...]

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Its nearly April and here are a few jobs to keep us busy:

Amaryllis- If like mine yours are starting to look a little bedraggled now, then its time to cut off the heads but leave the stalk in tact.  The stalk will die away naturally, this process ensures that all the nutrients start going back into bulb, which encourages healthy and [...]

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Hiya everyone,
At the weekend my fiance (Martyn) and I decided to head off to the Tavistock plant fair, which was held in the pannier market within the town centre.  It was lovely, plenty of plants of all colours, shapes, sizes and the people selling the plants were only too happy to answer quesitions and queries regarding the them.  I have [...]

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Here are some answers to some common questions that Gardens Monthly have put together this month and a few of my own that you might find interesting:
How to avoid your tomatoes splitting - Tomatoes tend to be split if the water supply is erratic, especially if there is too little followed by too much.  Gardens Monthly suggest that you should water [...]

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These are books that I suggest buying and adding to your collection.  By clicking on the title of the book you will be taken to Amazon to purchase the book from their list. 
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Plant Propagation (Royal Horticultural Society’s Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening)
Vegetable and Herb Expert
RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers (RHS)
RHS Pruning and Training (Rhs)
The [...]

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 I have now started to feed my house plants once every two weeks again, and the ones which have outgrown their pots I have re-potted in larger ones, again using the New Horizon compost and give them a good watering until water is trickling through the bottom. I water every one/two weeks depending on how dry the [...]

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I decided taken a few cuttings from my hebe bush and they have rooted nicely.  The cuttings were taken only few weeks ago, hebes’ are pretty good at rooting quickly and the flowers they produce attract the bees and  odd butterfly.  For a detailed description of how to take cutting successfully how about getting a copy of Plant [...]

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Well last weekend I managed to find time to sort out my pots on my decking, I decided it was time to take out about an inch or two in some cases of the old compost and apply a fresh covering.  I try to do this in early spring so that the bulbs and existing shrubs [...]

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My first tip, and what a tip, I’ve started using a new tool for clearing out moss out of flagstones and paths, and what a time saver it is.  You are able to purchase these at any garden centres.

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