Reviving a past-it pond
When I was growing up in Kent in the Sixties, a jam-jar of frog spawn that would miraculously morph into tadpoles was as much a part of spring as the call of a …
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Widower left distraught after gardening contest pulled
A widower's hope of fulfilling his dying wife's wish to create an award-winning garden has been cruelly dashed after a popular gardening competition was …
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Spring Cottage: What to do about the slugs and snails
I responded, as any gardener would, that it's so much better than drought. I was pondering at the time why there are so few words for rain, spurred into thought …
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