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    Monthly Archive for: "October, 2020"
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    Should You Put the Garden to Bed?
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening, Hardy perennials, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Winter colour
    Posted October 25, 2020

    Should You Put the Garden to Bed?

    I shudder every time I hear that phrase ‘put the garden to bed for winter’! Okay, so if you own a great pile and have to open your garden to raise funds to fix the hole in the roof I can [...]

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    How to grow bulbs for Christmas
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    By Alan Down
    In Bulbous plants, Bulbs, Greenhouse Growing, Indoor Plants, Winter colour
    Posted October 17, 2020

    How to grow bulbs for Christmas

    If you’ve ever wondered how to grow bulbs for Christmas, here’s how to do it! It’s not hard, complicated or even expensive to do this and can be very rewarding. In fact, to grow [...]

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    Fungi and Plants and their relevance for gardeners
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening
    Posted October 5, 2020

    Fungi and Plants and their relevance for gardeners

    Fungi and plants have a very close and not always negative association. The reaction from gardeners to finding fungi and plants together in their garden is often one of alarm! However in many [...]

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    The Henchman tripod ladder
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    By Alan Down
    In Harvesting, Product Review, Pruning
    Posted October 2, 2020

    The Henchman tripod ladder

    .The Henchman tripod ladder was offered to me to review and I jumped at the opportunity! I’d heard how good these were but had been able to justify actually owning one. How wrong I was and [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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    Back from #chelseaflowershow2022 and into the #garden !
    1st picking of broad bean Luz de Otono and there loads. @KingsSeeds_UK https://t.co/TNCG6V0eVL
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    Slugs and snails hate garlic! Here’s a simple recipe to make your own fortnightly #organic #peaticidefree spray. Credit Hogarth Hostas #chelseaflowershow2022
    @The_RHS @GdnMediaGuild @jackwallington https://t.co/SQzUcsvpUL
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    Alan E Down · 12 hours ago
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    Well done Neil and Niamh!
    Great result for your very first #ChelseaFlowerShow ! https://t.co/oh7MJglfqY
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    The Judges awarded us with Silver Gilt Medal at Chelsea Flower show @The_RHS https://t.co/286lqFQhvr https://t.co/9Syr2hXr0X
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