This probably entirely inappropriate and anti-Eu and politically incorrect and so on, but the thought struck me that if we all deliberately went out of our way to buy British produce, products and, yes, plants we would keep more people in this country in employment and maybe go some way to protecting the “fragile recovery”.

And the more we do that, the more jobs are created , the more people can pay tax and not draw benefit and maybe, if we all did it we could reduce our deficit without too many painful cuts.

If you are planning on buying lavender plants this year here are a few tips which might help you grow them just that little bit better.

Tags: lavender

I saw this post on the RHS forum about free used poultry bedding, straw and sawdust based. This stuff is dynamite for your garden after a year on the compost. If you live in the Wells area, have a look.

Spring is easing into a ready to be sprung position and the propagators among you will be looking forward to getting those cuttings that you were eyeing up last year off their parent plant and into your garden (having asked their rightful owner first, of course…).