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Plastic Forks in the Vegetable Bed: A Simple Garden Protection Trick
Gareth Whitfield
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At first glance, it may look odd, but there is a clear reason for it. Anyone looking around allotments or...
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Peonies: The March Step for Giant Blooms
Gareth Whitfield
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Peonies have a reputation as the divas of the perennial border: in one neighbour’s garden they are covered in enormous...
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Thick Winter Leek Stems: The Nearly Forgotten Professional Trick
Gareth Whitfield
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A nearly forgotten professional trick changes that completely. Anyone hoping to harvest sturdy, thick leek stems from the bed in...
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Grow a Garden from Supermarket Strawberries, Herb Pots and Rose Bouquets
Gareth Whitfield
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A single strawberry, a cheap herb pot or a reduced bouquet of roses may sound like the contents of a...
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When to Weed Paving Joints for Lasting Results
Gareth Whitfield
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The real reason is surprisingly often poor timing. Anyone who clears weeds from a patio, driveway or garden path in...
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How to Stop Slugs Eating Young Plants: 6 Simple Garden Tricks
Gareth Whitfield
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Spring is under way and the beds have been planted – yet young seedlings have suddenly vanished overnight. What is...
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Cutting Hedges in Spring: What the Law Allows
Gareth Whitfield
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Warnings are currently circulating on social media claiming that cutting hedges in spring is prohibited and can even lead to...
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March Vegetable Garden: What to Sow for a Summer Harvest
Gareth Whitfield
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Anyone hoping to harvest should not delay in March – otherwise, their plate may stay empty. Many amateur gardeners do...
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Microclover instead of lawn: the low-maintenance garden alternative
Gareth Whitfield
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Many keen gardeners know the problem: as soon as temperatures rise, the lawn becomes a constant worksite. Mowing, watering and...
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Alicja, Kamil and the Mother-in-Law: The Garden Conflict
Gareth Whitfield
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The first spring day in a home of their own was meant to be quiet: coffee, birdsong and a little...
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Leonotis leonurus: The South African Diva That Transforms Tired Borders
Gareth Whitfield
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This South African diva wakes it up - radically. Many gardens in German-speaking regions look neat but somewhat interchangeable. A...
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Garlic barrier against snakes in March: protect your garden naturally
Gareth Whitfield
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Many people look forward to getting back into the garden in March, without realising that snakes are becoming active again...
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The Snail Method: An Everyday Item That Replaces Seedling Pots
Gareth Whitfield
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When seedling pots are in short supply, resourceful home gardeners have long been turning to a completely different everyday item...
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Tulips: The 3-Second Needle Trick for Drooping Stems
Gareth Whitfield
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Many people blame the heating, the florist or even the entire variety of tulip. Yet the answer is often found...
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Property Maintenance Duty: Avoid Four-Figure Fines in Spring
Gareth Whitfield
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If you own a house with a garden or an undeveloped plot of land, spring usually brings thoughts of flowers,...
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Lemon Geranium: Natural Protection Against Ticks and Mosquitoes
Gareth Whitfield
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As soon as temperatures rise, two unwelcome visitors appear in lawns, hedges and around patio edges: ticks and mosquitoes. They...
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Pine cones for houseplants: a natural winter watering aid
Gareth Whitfield
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The heating is blasting, the windows stay shut – and suddenly your favourite houseplants start to fail. The solution is,...
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Sow Love-in-a-Mist in March for a Sea of Summer Flowers
Gareth Whitfield
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The beds may still be bare and winter may still be lingering in the plants, yet many amateur gardeners are...
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Why Thuja Hedges Are Failing and What to Plant Instead
Gareth Whitfield
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Anyone who has shielded their garden with a dense, evergreen privacy screen is now often looking at brown gaps, dead...
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How to Create a Tit-Friendly Garden
Gareth Whitfield
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More and more people want their garden to be more than simply green decoration: they want it to become a...
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Fertilise hydrangeas before March for more summer flowers
Gareth Whitfield
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Many amateur gardeners only spot the issue in July: the foliage is lush and healthy, yet there are hardly any...
