Features
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How to put on a festive feast for birds!
The cold snap of winter means steaming roast dinners and hot cocoa are back on the menu – and you can share the festive celebrations with the birds outside your window! Many of the foods we eat are also big hits with the birds, especially during the colder months when there are fewer natural…
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Bread & Water for Africa make an urgent call for donations to their Back to School appeal
Every child needs access to a daily meal and the chance of an education. Yet right now, in Africa, many children miss out on the one meal they could get each day.
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Wildlife is welcome!
Actively attracting insects, worms and birds to our gardens and pots can help save the planet Gardeners at a national horticultural charity are encouraging us to attract wildlife into our gardens to help prevent irreversible extinctions and save the planet…
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Five top tips for tackling an allotment
Ex Blue Peter and Westminster Abbey gardener, Chris Collins, shares his top tips for starting out on your organic allotment journey during National Allotments Week (9 -15 August 2021). Chris (now Head of Horticulture at charity Garden Organic) started his…
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Growing for gold
Medwyn Williams is a name synonymous with veg growing, and with 12 consecutive Gold Medals at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, he is one of the worlds foremost experts on growing and showing vegetables. Here he talks to Grapevine podcast host,…
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Growing Online
We dig deep into the World Wide Web to harvest some great websites, tips and gardening chitchat.
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Plums: which variety should I grow?
David Patch is talking plums and explains why compromise and patience are both important in choosing which variety to grow.
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Why courgettes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow
If you’re new to growing veg, courgettes may look like they could be a difficult crop to grow. The truth is, says Tony Flanagan, they’re one of the easiest and (be warned!) one of the most prolific.
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How to grow great cauliflowers
Cauliflower has a reputation for being a tricky plant to grow but with careful preparation and a little TLC, says Rob Smith, you can be assured of a good crop.
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Q&A… On Sowing Seeds
Here are some common questions we get asked about sowing seeds.
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Spring Essentials…
It’s spring time yet again, so what better way to kick off gardening season than stocking up on those spring essentials?
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Join the national tomato grow-along
Tomato fever is set to take the UK by storm this spring, no it’s not another emerging virus, there’s a brand new virtual gardening community launching.
