Hi everyone it’s June and time for more work around the garden.

After the flowers have faded on the shrubs in the garden its to trim them back.  This will promote new growth.
If you have feeding stations its time to fill them up and feed the wild birds and their babies.  They love to eat friut, oats, bird seed.

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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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Hi everyone,
I hope you all had a lovely Easter, Martyn and I decided to go to The Eden Project on Good Friday, it was delightful.  The rain forest dome with its huge spectacular display of unsual plants and trees is my particularly favourite attraction.  The temperature was very hot and humid but well worth a slow walk around as this gives [...]

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Happy Easter everyone,
I will catch up with you after the long weekend.  Hopefully I will be visiting a few gardens in and around Devon and Cornwall.   I will tell you how I got on next week and post some more pictures in my gallery.

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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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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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Wow last weekend I visited Rosemoor Gardens in Devon it was free entry and I had a wonderful time.  Although the weather wasn’t great, well those people who are dedicated to gardening will know that a bit of rain never puts us off.  If you have the time I recomend this garden for a day out.  If [...]

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Hello did you survive the storms?
I had to rescue my shrubs (in pots) as they hurtled pass my patio window, spreading compost, over my decking. /em>

I also had to bring in the patio furniture, as the wind decided to whisk the whole lot up in the air, dump them down over my prize collection of tulips, [...]

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Its time to get out my wellies and start sewing those seeds. I also recently visited Crownhill Garden Centre where they have an excellent selection of alpines and shrubs, at some great prices too.

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