Amateur Gardening

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success with self-seeders
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Tamsin Westhorpe celebrates self-seeders and offers advice on getting the best out of these generous plants Foxgloves are a typical cottage-garden …
success with self-seeders
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Tamsin Westhorpe celebrates self-seeders and offers advice on getting the best out of these generous plants Foxgloves are a typical cottage-garden …
Lawn Mowing
Lawn Care: It Takes Two - Amateur Gardening
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
It pays to follow the times-two rule, as former Gardeners’ World host Toby Buckland explains how ‘double-doing’ can benefit your lawn Mow twice a week …
Six lawn seed and fertiliser spreaders on test
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Avoid waste and get the best from lawn treatments, fertilisers and seeds with a tool to deliver the right amount in the right place, quickly and …
Plant out dahlias
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Get your dahlia tubers in the ground now, says Ruth Hayes Dahlias are back in fashion and are a glorious addition to the garden © Alamy The dahlia …
On Test: Lawn, Feed & Moss Killers
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Give your lawn a boost with a combined feed, weed and moss killer treatment. There are both chemical and organic formulations to choose from, says Tim …
do you consider how many chemicals you apply to your grass every year, asks Val Bourne, AG’s organic wildlife expert
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
We love our lawns, but do you consider how many chemicals you apply to your grass every year, asks Val Bourne, AG’s organic wildlife expert “I love …
How to deal with garden pests
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Public enemies No 1-8 Watch out for these garden pests in 2018, warns the RHS © Alamy 1 Box tree caterpillar The grubs cover plants in webbing. Pick them …
Onions
Prepare a seed bed
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Now's the time to prepare a good-quality seedbed, says Lucy Chamberlain With soil temperatures warming and windowsills overflowing, many gardeners are …
Storage Ideas
Create a garden pond
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Ruth Hayes looks at creating and caring for a garden pond © Alamy A pond adds so much to the garden on every level. It need not be massive – if space …
How to grow clematis
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
With such a small footprint yet huge flowering potential, clematis are a must for any garden, no matter what its size. Anne Swithinbank explains how …
advertisement feature EverGreen lawn care
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
How to get a great-looking lawn with minimal effort. A beautiful lawn complements the rest of the garden and makes the whole garden look …
What to do with roses in March
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes prepares her roses for this summer's display Cut back roses to about knee-height March is traditionally the time when …
plant summer flowering bulbs
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
For easy summer colour don’t forget bulbs, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes It’s time to be thinking about this summer’s colourful borders If you are …
Potato blight
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Val Bourne looks forward to a bumper organic potato crop – if the blight stays away ‘Anya’ and ‘Harlequin’ potatoes that survived the attack of …
How to plant bare-root and pot-grown trees - Amateur Gardening
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Late winter is the last chance to plant bare-root whips and the best time for other plantings, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes Mulch around container …
Gardening
Sow more sweet peas - Amateur Gardening
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Sow more sweet pea seeds and care for seedlings, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes Sow sweet peas now for flowers this summer I sowed my first batch of …
Gardening
How to prune autumn raspberries - Amateur Gardening
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Cut autumn-fruiting raspberry canes back now for next year’s berries, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes Cut autumn-fruiting raspberry canes to ground …
Onions
Crop rotation – why and how - Amateur Gardening
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Changing crops annually improves soil and productivity, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes Crop rotation should help you get healthier plants and larger …
English Gardens
Preparing your soil for sowing - Amateur Gardening
amateurgardening.com - Lesley Upton
Nutrients and warmth will give your early sown seeds the best possible start, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes Adding extra compost or manure over …
How to tidy up the strawberry patch - Amateur Gardening
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Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes looks at removing old foliage and leaf litter around strawberry plants We had a relatively mild autumn here in the south …
Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes explains how green manures are a natural way of improving soil
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Green manures are a natural way of improving soil, says Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes Dig in green manure so it can rot down and enrich the soil I sowed …
English Gardens
How to take rose cuttings and grow roses in potatoes.. - Amateur Gardening
amateurgardening.com - Marc Rosenberg
We show you how to take rose cuttings - plus how to grow roses in potatoes.. Propagating roses by cuttings is easy, and it brings certain side …
Get instant colour from bulbs this Spring - Amateur Gardening
amateurgardening.com - Hazel Eccles
Got gaps to fill, or didn’t plant in autumn? Plant sprouted bulbs in January for a quick fix, the team at Amateur Gardening show you …
How to move a deciduous tree - Amateur Gardening
amateurgardening.com - Ruth Hayes
Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes shows you how to relocate a young, leafless tree Although gardening should be a simple pastime, it does occasionally heave …
Gardening
Brits 'start gardening in their 40s' - Amateur Gardening
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Brits are getting into gardening later in life, due to the cost of getting a foothold on the property ladder. A study by tool firm Fiskars found that …
English Gardens
BBC and RHS sign new deal for more gardening on TV - Amateur Gardening
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Armchair gardeners can look forward to more horticulture on TV after the Royal Horticultural Society struck a new deal with the BBC to televise …
English Gardens
Gardeners 'buying plants treated with neonicotinoids' - Amateur Gardening
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Gardeners could be buying plants that have been soaked in controversial pesticides linked to bee decline. Research at Sussex University, by bee expert …
English Gardens
New daffodil to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday - and it's only a year late! - Amateur Gardening
amateurgardening.com - Marc Rosenberg
Gardeners will finally be able to grow a new daffodil raised to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday in 2016. It was named for the Honourable Corps of …
English Gardens
Shoppers urged to go peat-free - Amateur Gardening
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Gardeners are not being offered enough peat-free composts while eco-friendly growing media is often more expensive, a study has claimed. A group of …