I was watching one of my favourite lifestyle programs recently, “Better Homes and Gardens” when garden expert Graham Ross took a tour of a garden built close to the ocean. The garden owner was well aware that some of her plant choices were probably going to have short lives due to the extreme conditions they [...]

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When I was a child my mother gave me a small patch in the garden to grow whatever I wanted. I chose strawberries for a few reasons … they grow fast, are easy to look after and I love eating them! Later she introduced me to other types of plants, helped me to learn the [...]

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The greenhouse is an important feature in any serious garden. It provides the right environment for young, delicate plants to grow from seeds into seedlings. Without it there would be many plants that just wouldn’t survive or would never reach their full flowering or fruiting potential. Gardeners know that if you give a plant a [...]

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I have recently gone hi tech in my office. Not only do I have an iPhone and a laptop but I now also have an iPad. One of the main reasons for getting it was to allow me to read ebooks when I travel and to take notes when I attend professional development events, amongst [...]

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If you are just learning to grow edible plants there is a new product on the market to help you. It’s a starter kit that contains everything you need to take the trial and error out of being a beginner. In the bag you will find seed raising mix, seeds, seedling trays and instructions. The [...]

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