I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how I approach gardening. I thought I had myself sorted. Quite neatly pigeon-holed even.  But new ventures – having a greenhouse, getting an allotment – have forced me to think a lot of things through again. There are so many different approaches to gardens and gardening. Some people love bedding….
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Yesterday was much milder than it has been, and I headed outside to attempt some actual gardening. Sadly the pond is still frozen, so no way to skim off the leaves that I should have removed a couple of weeks ago. The ground was still rock hard too, so no opportunity to rescue the Gladioli…
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I wound’t even remotely consider myself to be an expert gardener, and when I fail with plants I tend to blame myself for not understanding their requirements and providing the correct conditions. I’ve also found it hard to get really good information about just how well a plant performs – the RHS Award of Garden…
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