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Microclover: the simple trick for repairing bare lawn patches
Oliver Grant
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If you walk through the garden now, the signs are obvious: winter has taken its toll. Instead of an even...
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Olive Tree Pruning at the End of Winter for More Flowers
Oliver Grant
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An olive tree is widely regarded as hardy and undemanding, yet the final weeks of winter have a major influence...
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The old grandmother’s trick for preventing moss on your lawn
Oliver Grant
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An overlooked grandmother’s method can help prevent it. Many garden owners know the disappointment: winter has barely ended, yet instead...
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Lantana: the low-maintenance shrub that flowers for months
Oliver Grant
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Many amateur gardeners pursue the latest fashionable rose or experiment with unusual perennials. Yet one shrub quietly ignores lengthy gaps...
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Pruning Cornus in Late Winter for Brilliant Stem Colour
Oliver Grant
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Many garden owners wonder why the Cornus shrubs next door look like blazing torches in winter while their own resemble...
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Gardening: a natural health boost as you age
Oliver Grant
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When the sun begins to climb higher again, many people feel drawn outdoors. What is often dismissed as a pleasant...
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Marvel of Peru: the fast-growing evening flower for colourful summer beds
Oliver Grant
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Most perennials take years to truly establish themselves. Yet there is one exception that gardeners frequently overlook: a summer-flowering tuberous...
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Pine Cone Trick for Houseplants in Winter
Oliver Grant
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When radiators are blasting and there is frost outside, the conditions in many homes change completely for Monstera, Ficus and...
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Calibrachoa: Million Bells for overflowing balcony boxes
Oliver Grant
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In many garden catalogue photographs, the effect is unmistakable: containers spilling over with colourful clouds of flowers that trail down...
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Rhubarb Tonic for Tomatoes: The Forgotten Garden Remedy
Oliver Grant
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In traditional cottage gardens, it was once a standard part of the gardener’s toolkit before fading into obscurity: a plant...
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5 Garden Jobs to Avoid in March
Oliver Grant
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The first mild day after winter can feel like an invitation to tackle a major spring clear-up in the garden....
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Sowing Dwarf French Beans Outdoors: Timing, Tips and Harvest
Oliver Grant
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Fresh, crisp beans picked straight from the garden have an incomparable flavour – and dwarf French beans are among the...
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Bottle Caps in the Garden: Drip Irrigation, Cork Mulch and Slug Barriers
Oliver Grant
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A throwaway item of all things rescued his vegetable garden: unremarkable bottle caps that would otherwise end up in household...
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Why Bury a Rusty Nail Beside Rose Bushes?
Oliver Grant
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In an old flower bed, amid the scent of damp earth and fallen petals, a small metallic secret lies hidden...
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Why I Stopped Watering My Garden Every Day
Oliver Grant
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The day I failed to water my garden, I felt a small pang of guilt. The sun was fierce, the...
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Wood Ash Circles for Winter Slugs in Your Veg Patch
Oliver Grant
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Cold nights, sodden ground and anxious gardeners can turn winter vegetable beds into an unlikely battleground long after autumn has...
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Why Nettles Belong in Your Vegetable Garden
Oliver Grant
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Many amateur gardeners instinctively pull up every nettle the moment it appears in a flowerbed. That is understandable: the plant...
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Why Gardeners Are Stepping Away From Synthetic Fertilisers for Living Soil
Oliver Grant
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The first thing that stands out is the quiet. There is no biting chemical odour, no blue crystals bubbling away...
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What Winter Birds Reveal About Your Garden
Oliver Grant
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Although much of the garden appears still in midwinter, the regular movement of birds over your lawn reveals another reality....
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How to Stop Wasting Money and Plant Like a Pro
Oliver Grant
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The first warm Saturday of spring turns garden centres into airports on the first day of a holiday. Trolleys brim...
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Stop Watering After Rain to Prevent Root Rot
Oliver Grant
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The first time I spotted the issue, I was on the patio in soggy socks, holding a coffee and watching...
