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Holes in the Garden: How to Identify the Cause and Prevent Damage
Oliver Grant
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They can be intriguing and, at times, worrying. They expose unseen activity affecting your garden every day. These openings are...
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Why December Rain Cools a Compost Heap
Oliver Grant
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On a grey December morning, when the garden seems less like a living space and more like a forgotten, damp...
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How to Grow a Windowsill Herb Garden
Oliver Grant
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Cold tiles, a bottle of washing-up liquid tilting to one side, and light that arrives and disappears like a late...
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How to Care for Hydrangeas After Winter
Oliver Grant
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As winter draws to a close, the garden may appear still, yet this is the period that determines the whole...
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Kitchen Scraps: The Free Fertilizer You Throw Away Every Day
Oliver Grant
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You are back in the garden centre aisle, facing a wall of shiny fertilizer bags. Their vivid labels promise “Turbo...
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The 12-Inch Fence Saga That Sparked a Planning Rules Debate
Oliver Grant
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A modest household repair was all it took to turn into a loud, oddly joyful argument about zoning and the...
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How an Ash and Sand Cordon Protects Vegetable Gardens from Slugs
Oliver Grant
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In this upheaval, one straightforward tip can make all the difference. In many vegetable gardens, slugs begin to take over...
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How to Create a Mystical Indoor Winter Jungle
Oliver Grant
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Outside, the branches are bare and the frost has a sharp edge. Indoors, however, something more untamed can take root:...
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How 8 million rain gardens are turning streets into sponges
Oliver Grant
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No sirens. No drains gurgling as though they are struggling to survive. No brown floodwater creeping towards shopfronts. Instead, there...
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How to Build a Safe Pallet Sandpit with Bench Lid
Oliver Grant
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Wooden sandpits can look beautiful, until the price makes your heart sink. On a peaceful street, young mum Hannah found...
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How Clover Can Improve Your Lawn
Oliver Grant
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Neighbours may grumble about weeds, you may glance at the mower with a weary sigh, and the internet insists that...
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How to Prune Lavender in March to Stop It Going Leggy
Oliver Grant
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Your lavender has become leggy, grey around the base and, frankly, rather forlorn. March is the moment to restore it...
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Rice Water for Houseplants: The No-Fertilizer Pantry Hack
Oliver Grant
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Influencers present it as simple, economical and chemical-free. Scientists tend to wince, pointing instead to microbes, nutrients and gnats. Between...
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How to feed robins in your garden with moistened cat or dog kibble
Oliver Grant
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A bright ball of russet feathers perches on a cane, its head slightly tilted as though it is kindly passing...
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Is Mowing Between Noon and 4pm Illegal?
Oliver Grant
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No yelling, no confrontation. Only a lifted eyebrow, a finger aimed at the clock and a curt “Not between noon...
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Rare Balcony Vines That Turn a Balcony into a Secret Garden
Oliver Grant
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I only wanted to cover the unattractive concrete rim of my balcony with “something green”. The garden centre was about...
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Vegetable bed: plant pairings that inhibit growth
Oliver Grant
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In the vegetable bed, some plants take off while others stop growing. It can seem random – but it rarely...
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Easy-Care Succulents for a Calmer Office Desk
Oliver Grant
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Emails were piled up like masonry, while the overhead strip lights gave off their steady hum. I wanted something living...
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How Moss Walls Are Helping UK Councils Clean the Air
Oliver Grant
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Councils from Glasgow to London are turning to a quiet, green intervention: moss walls. They do not make noise or...
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How Japanese Gardeners Prune Hydrangeas in Autumn
Oliver Grant
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Do you give your hydrangeas a severe tidy before winter, or prefer to leave them untouched? Japanese gardens offer a...
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How to Build a Thirty-Seven Euro Untreated Wood Raised Garden Bed
Oliver Grant
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Last weekend, I saw my neighbour Marie looking down at her drooping tomato plants, which had collapsed across the soil....
