Category: Gardening uk

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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French Gardens, Best UK Gardens, The Galloping Gardener, Wettest Summer on Record since 1912.
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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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Other signs are when large amounts of compost are delivered but the house has no garden and adjacent terraced houses may feel warmth coming through the walls because the fluorescent lights generate a lot of heat. “Landlords also need to check the …
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The patience of every gardener has been tested to the limit by the diabolical rollercoaster of weather that we've experienced – caused by another astral body, the jet stream, a writhing 150mph serpent of wind that encircles the globe. Once it flexed …
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Hi Im a hard working and reliable English backpacker with gardening and landscaping experience, Looking for part timecasual work to help fund my traveling …
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Work began in 1974 and the gardens, which pay homage to the arts, are now open to the public. Sir Roy's Berwick talk, particularly significant in this border location, will be titled Visions of England. Tickets from The Alnwick Garden on 01665 511081 …
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Birmingham became the heart of horticultural happenings in the month of June. BBC Gardeners' World Live was a floral delight with something for everyone, and this looks to be the case for 2013 too. Visitors took home ideas from bumper crops in Edible …
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To enter the competition send your images to the Daily Echo at picdesk@dailyecho.co.uk with your name and contact details or mail them to Gardens in Bloom Competition, Photographic Desk, Newspaper House, Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton.
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This is the French gardener and former live-in lover of British expat Patricia Wilson who is accused of murdering her inside her idyllic French cottage when their passionate affair turned sour. Odd-job man Jean-Louis Cayrou was aged 29 when this grainy …
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Moths are often overlooked in favour of their more garish day-time counterparts, butterflies, but moths come in an extraordinary number of shapes, colours and sizes and with over two thousand species recorded in the British Isles the chance of seeing a …
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Clanfield Gardening Club Pre-Show Staging of Exhibits. clanfieldgardeningclub.org.uk. EMSWORTH: Emsworth Community Centre, Church Path. 10am-1pm. Emsworth Crafts. A group of designer/makers living in Hampshire and West Sussex offer a wide …
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French police continued their hunt for clues today at the isolated country home of a missing British expat who they fear was murdered by her 'besotted' gardener boyfriend. Forensics officers in suits and masks were scouring the idyllic rural cottage in …
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But at least one good thing has come from the dreary conditions – the UK's roses are blooming with vibrant flowers. While this summer's wash out may be a thorny subject for gardeners and farmers, the lashings of rain are heaven 'scent' for English …
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Managing director Miles Glendenning said: “With a combined 60 years in the garden sector, Tony and Mark have built a sound reputation and are well respected throughout the garden and hardware sectors in the UK and in numerous export markets.
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Shining Gardens Ltd. provides you various gardening services as well as FREE friendly viewing and advice with no obligations for: – Garden Ponds, Waterfalls, …
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There is no doubt that something original and distinctive gives a garden a real lift. Fortunately prêt-à-porter has not yet come to gardening, as so much of the surprise can be removed if everyone shops at the same places . In Britain we have an …
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We are very proud to mention Peter Knight, Norfolk Estate manager, who is currently one of just four UK finalists for the RSPB's 2012 Telegraph Nature of Farming Award which will go to the public vote on Wednesday, September 5, to confirm the overall …
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The E.U. directives delineate exactly what chemicals can be used, so anything else, including organic home cures, are illegal… Desperate gardeners will try …
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… for me, their tangy bite is the highlight of the British summer, especially if freshly coaxed from the cane. I have let my once-serried ranks of raspberry bushes take over much of the back of our garden and we feast on them fresh from June to early …
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The gardener has denied being involved in the British expat's disappearance. The couple were said to have become increasingly intimate in recent months. However, one of Mrs Wilson's neighbours, another Briton, said she had decided to end an affair with …
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Go to a florist or to a gardening store and there they are, and botanical gardens are positively lousy with them. I'm talking about orchids — it seems like everyone likes orchids. But some people like them a little too much. It's these people who are …
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French police launched a murder investigation after finding blood stains in the British expat's house and in the car of her gardener, named locally as Jean-Louis Cayrou, 50. Ms Wilson and her partner, Donald Marcus, 54, sold up in the UK and moved to …
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However, the number of sales agreed across England and Wales showed an unusual 6.5 per cent increase, which Hometrack said came from a low base and was likely to be due to sales being bunched up after a prolonged period of wet weather and depressed …
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Patricia Wilson, 58, moved to the village of Vabre Tizac – in the Aveyron region – with her husband five years ago. The couple separated last year before the former advertising executive apparently struck up an intimate relationship with her gardener.
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A new rose dedicated to one of Britain's best-loved gardeners is to be officially launched at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, 14 – 16 September 2012. The climbing rose has been named after horticultural broadcaster and author Geoffrey Smith, who was …
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… advice at her cookery demonstrations. The garden party takes place from 10am until 6pm. Tickets cost £6.50 (no concessions) and can be purchased at the Ness Gardens visitor centre desk, online at www.nessgardens.org.uk or by calling 0845 030 4063.
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The leaves of my lovely double opium poppies look extremely tatty as they age and as the seed heads ripen. If I pull them up and lay them on the ground, will they ripen normally? And, a slightly related query, if I put unripe seed heads of other plants …
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“All chemicals being used to control or deter animals are classed as pesticides in the UK and EU, and must be registered and approved for this purpose by our own government and the EU. Legislation requires potential pesticides to be extensively tested …
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The thought of getting her kit off fills Liz Jones with horror – so could a naturist afternoon in these Eden-esque Wiltshire gardens inspire her to shed her …
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