Gardening
Using Epsom Salts in the Garden
Don’t bother. Using Epsom Salts in the garden is a waste of time and money: may my grandparents (and renowned scientific journals…
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Gardening
Gardening
Free Plants Forever: Pay With Your Lives!
The garden centre industry is a wonderful one, full of great people working in it and great customers intent on making their…
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Gardening
What Garden Zone Am I In?
Great Britain has one “temperate oceanic / maritime” climate and isn’t very big, but she is still varied enough that it helps…
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Gardening
How to Apply Rootgrow Fungi With Gel
When you buy woody plants from us, our basket butler calculates the amount of Rootgrow granules your order needs, and offers it…
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Hedge Plants
Prepare Soil For Planting Trees, Shrubs & Hedges
This article is primarily about preparing soil before planting trees (ornamental or fruiting), hedging, roses, and other shrubs.It won’t consider vegetable beds,…
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Gardening
Preparing Clay Soil
Why Clay Soil is Special Most soils are aquiferous: water can flow through them quite freely. When you observe a puddle on…
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Gardening
Slit Planting Vs Planting In A Trench Or Hole
Compare Slit Planting VS Trench Planting Slit Planting Used for bareroot hedging & trees under 80cm Mainly for country hedges & forestry…
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Trees
Transplanting Evergreen Trees & Shrubs
Moving Evergreens Without Killing ThemThis article is all about moving evergreens like box, yew or pyracantha.Moving plants is not complicated, but by…
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Gardening
Building Wire Supports To Grow Fruit On Walls, Fences & Posts
This post concentrates on fruiting plants, but the same principles apply to an ornamental “wall shrub”.How to start training fruit trees on…
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Gardening
What Is Mulch & Why It’s Important for New Plants
What Does Mulch Do?Mulch covers the soil around a plant in order to: Keep the sun off Trap moisture while allowing water…
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