World's longest parsnip spotted at National Giant Vegetables Championships
The National Gardening Show boasts huge vegetables – from pumpkins to cucumbers – so large they have to be hauled off special trucks with a forklift. Dozens of competitors have entered 204 vegetables into this year's UK National Giant Vegetables …
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The Galloping Gardener: UK suffers from wettest summer in 100 …
French Gardens, Best UK Gardens, The Galloping Gardener, Wettest Summer on Record since 1912.
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Lawnmower sales driven by wettest summer for a century
Lawnmower sales have risen by up to 84 per cent after the wettest summer for 100 years caused lawns to grow fast, while at the same time keeping gardeners out of their patches. … The record for the UK's wettest summer is 1912 when 384.4mm of rain fell.
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