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It’s not too late to plant crops

OUR resident gardening expert, TANYA PEARSON offers advice for gardeners as the days shorten and we say goodbye to the warm weather. MY, oh, my. You just never can predict what will happen in any given year. For many, the dry summer and water restrictions meant that...

Just keep sowing, sowing, sowing

IT’S harvesting time, and our resident gardening expert JOA GROWER has some top tips to keep the produce growing in your gardens for sometime yet. WELL, I would imagine that a lot of you are now busy harvesting, eating and enjoying all the lovely crops that you have...

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Extra feeding for Summer days

OUR gardening expert JOA GROWER offers summertime advice for gardeners to make the best of the longer days. HERE we are, Summer at last. Way back in April I didn’t think it was ever going to stop raining! So, what do we need to get on with over the next few months?...

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Bright dry sunny days in the garden

OUR gardening expert JOA GROWER suggests that a bit of gardening is a great way to manage those winter blues. IT’S time to put your feet up and relax. Surely there is nothing to do in the vegetable patch at this time of year is there? In fact I always seem to be just...

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Autumn undertakings for the garden

TIPS from JOA GROWER this time include planting a green manure, compost checking, and having a general tidy up. I must say that this time of the year is probably not my most favourite. Most plants are now safely in the ground and if they are not, there’s still time to...

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Time for harvesting and planting too

Resident expert JOA GROWER has tips on seasonal planting and recommends it may be a good time to use a dibber. AUGUST already, not long now until summer will slowly become autumn. So, its time to think not just about harvesting, but maybe a bit of planting too. It’s...

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Welcome to the busy summer days

JOA GROWER offers advice for gardeners as the days are long and the so are the lists of things to be done. WELL here we go again its summer already, where does the time go? I hope you’re all spending lots of time on your vegetable plots. It doesn’t seem to matter how...

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Sowing the seeds of love-ly veg

The arrival of longer days means the start of the main growing season. Our expert JOA GROWER offers more ad- vice for all budding gardeners. SPRING time is here again, and probably the busiest time of the year for us gardeners. The days are now longer, which means...

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