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Preserving Surplus Crops

Jul 26, 2022

Much of what we grow is best eaten fresh. Often, cherry tomatoes or sugar snap peas don’t even make it…

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How to keep your vegetables thriving in a heatwave

Jul 21, 2022

Keeping our vegetable gardens or allotments alive and thriving during the worst that summer can throw at it can feel…

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How to make your own compost – and why we all should

May 26, 2022

As any gardener will tell you, the compost heap is the beating heart of a garden. The cherished ‘black gold’…

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Allotment Jobs for May

May 9, 2022

May is a busy time in the allotment or veg patch. With temperatures rising, plants are growing apace and need…

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Top Winter Vegetables: Best Hardy Varieties to Grow

Apr 14, 2022

Many of us grow an abundance of wonderful crops for harvesting over summer and autumn. In the meantime, winter vegetables…

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Mar 15, 2022

New to growing veg, and not sure where to start? Or simply faced with too much choice? To give you…

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With our guide to planting winter bedding plants, you’ll achieve wonderful winter garden displays to brighten your outside space and life…

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Starting in 1913 at London’s Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the most recognisable horti…

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Sep 2, 2021

Dobies is pleased to introduce inspiring new flower seeds to the Rob Smith range for 2022 – exciting new varieties…

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