Are You Under Cover?

February 9, 2012

If you want to get a head start on the growing season, if you want to extend your growing season, if you want to eat your own vegetables even in wintertime, if you want to grow fantastically hot chillies or juicy melons, delicious aubergine and tomato’s and you live in a seasonable climate then you need to [...]

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Garden Design At The Villas – how hard can it be?

February 4, 2012

Utility Land We moved into the Villas in Autumn 2007.  The 450 square metre plot behind the house was referred to by the Auctioneers as utility land and it bore no resemblance whatsoever to a garden, having been brutally stripped of its trees by the property developers who left no trace of any lawns, paths [...]

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Winter Flower

February 2, 2012

It is February and in Europe we are paralyzed by a cold spell. Early morning temperature here dropped to -14,5 degrees Celsius which is bad but not as bad as in many other European country’s. My green fingers are itching to start sowing my onions, aubergines and chili peppers because they need a long growing period but [...]

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Book Review: Organic Garden Basics – Bob Flowerdew

January 26, 2012

5 Easy Steps When you are new to gardening and are planning to do your gardening organically then this is a great book. Bob Flowerdew (fantastic last name!) writes in an easy manner in five easy steps how to grow your vegetables, fruit, flowers, bushes and trees organically. Lists The book is colorful with great [...]

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Japanese Knotweed At Life At The Villas

January 21, 2012

Stinging Nettles and Brown Canes We moved into our house in early winter so the piece of ground behind the Villas that the estate agents had described as ‘amenity land’ was pretty much bereft of any vegetation – except for banks of stinging nettles and in one corner a cluster of brown canes standing about [...]

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10 idea’s for using recycled materials in your garden

January 19, 2012

There are many many possibility’s of using recycled materials in your garden. It saves a lot of money and it gives your garden a more organic feel. I am putting 10 idea’s here. If you have other suggestions then I would love to hear them. 10: Branches Twigs, branches can make a fence, especially branches [...]

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