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Isobel
Mar 30, 20201 min read
Longer Days
The welcome return of warmer weather and longer days! The clocks have gone back meaning more time in the garden and if you’re stuck at...
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Isobel
Mar 23, 20201 min read
Veg Sowing
With longer days and warmer weather, work really starts to get underway in the garden. And what better way to spend your time than with a...
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Isobel
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Outdoor Therapy
Despite all the restrictions on our movement you can still access the outdoors – essential to boost your morale and vitamin D. Enjoy...
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Isobel
Mar 16, 20201 min read
Dryham Park
If the wet and windy weather is getting you down, then head out to Dryham Park in Gloucestershire. Signs of the spring are all around...
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Isobel
Mar 10, 20201 min read
Longer days in the garden
With the longer days comes more work in the garden. The lawn will start to need regular cutting from now so start with a high blade for...
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Isobel
Feb 25, 20201 min read
A good day to move a hedge
Recent research has concluded that February is the best time to plant bare-root shrubs and trees. If the soil is not frozen or saturated...
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Isobel
Feb 17, 20201 min read
‘Black Orchid’
I’m off the Kew this week to visit the Orchid Festival, now in its 25th year. This year the event is celebrating the flora and fauna of...
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Isobel
Feb 10, 20201 min read
'Time for trimming'
If you didn’t get around to finishing all your pruning before now this is your last chance before birds start looking for nesting sites -...
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Isobel
Feb 3, 20201 min read
‘Winter waited in my garden’
Despite all the mild weather this winter natural food sources are now scare so it’s a good time to ensure your bird feeders are well...
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Isobel
Jan 27, 20201 min read
‘Peaceful Dreaming in Winter Gardens’
I’m planning a trip to Colesbourne Gardens in Gloucestershire this February as it only opens for 5 weekends every year. Known as...
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Isobel
Jan 20, 20201 min read
‘A Head Full of Dreams’
One of my favourite pastimes – planning all the new annuals and veg I’m going to grow this year. It’s optimum daydreaming time,...
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Isobel
Jan 15, 20201 min read
‘After the Rain’
The weather is pretty bleak at the moment so it’s just as well some signs of life are beginning to peak through. Already on display are...
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Isobel
Oct 1, 20191 min read
Autumn tidy
Time to cut back any perennials that have finished flowering and remove foliage that has died back. Don't over do it though - retain...
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Isobel
Aug 8, 20191 min read
Turf Laying
Everything's ready for the turf to go down - ground is prepared and looks amazing thanks to the hard work of www.butterworthhorticulture....
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Isobel
Jul 12, 20191 min read
Unwelcome Visitor
Discovered on site this week the stuff of nightmares - Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) also known as mare's tail. This interloper has crept...
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Isobel
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Drying Summer Herbs
One of the best ways and easiest to preserve herbs from your garden is to air dry them. Of course using the fresh will always give the...
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