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     Time to get planting bedding plants
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    By Alan Down
    In Annuals and half hardy seasonal plants, Bedding Plants, Container gardening, Seasonal Gardening, Summer colour
    Posted May 13, 2021

    Time to get planting bedding plants

    Get planting bedding plants now and you’ll be certain of a great show this summer! What are bedding plants? Bedding plants are usually annuals. They are grown from seed each year and can be [...]

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     Intensively Trained Garden Fruit Trees
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    By Alan Down
    In Fruit, Gardening, Grow your own, Pruning
    Posted March 18, 2020

    Intensively Trained Garden Fruit Trees

    Intensively trained garden fruit trees have a lot to offer. It’s a good time to consider planting more. Now before you say ‘I’ve no room left’ I want you to just consider how useful and [...]

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     Tree Fruit Crop Thinning
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    By Alan Down
    In Fruit, Gardening tips, Pruning, Seasonal Gardening
    Posted June 19, 2019

    Tree Fruit Crop Thinning

    Fruit crop thinning is top of my to do list now. An almost frost free spring has led to a heavy fruit ‘set’. This spring period, when fruit trees were blooming, is critical to fruit growers 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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