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– these are really lovely geraniums that flower in the shape of a rosebud!
Stunning!

Thompson & Morgan 10 x Geranium Sybil Rosebud Plug Plants £14.98
10 x geranium Sybil Rosebud plug plants from Thompson & Morgan. Features a pack of ten pelargonium Geranium Sybil Rosebud plug plants. Brighten up your summer garden this year with these pretty geraniums.

On our allotment we have this weed growing in the edges. It’s known as Jack by the hedge or Garlic mustard.
It’s edible and tastes quite strongly of garlic!
I know this because I’ve just tasted it. You could easily use it in a salad. You can eat the flowers too and the tap root.

You can cook with it apparently or add it to a salad!
It’s a tough weed as it has chunky roots so it’s not one to throw about on your compost heap as it’ll just carry on growing. It’s quite a dominant plant so one to get off your growing space.

Because it’s edible though it’s tempting to plant a row of it on my plot and harvest it and eat it!

I think the seeds turn into red stemmed Garlic Mustard Sprouts – which also taste of garlic.

this site says it’s a biennial which grows up to three feet tall in mid-spring of its second year, flowers, produces long, narrow seedpods, and dies.
The site has some recipes for it including a garlic mustard pesto!

Wool compost available at Wriggle Wrigglers! Sounds really interesting stuff.
It has high levels of potash and nitrogen – this is a great alternative to peat made from entirely renewable sources, made from bracken and wool.

Wool Compost, Wool Compost 6 x 30 litres £49.25
This Wool Compost is made on Dalefoot Farm in the Lake District. The idea for the recipe came from old gardening books – from where many good ideas have been forgotten – and includes wool for its water retaining properties and bracken for its naturally high levels of potash. Made from natural and fully renewable ingredients and 100% peat free, the composts are very high quality and have a lovely soft texture; but using sustainable and natural ingredients such as these has wider environmental benefits too. Clearing the aggressive bracken from the hillsides above the farm improves the biodiversity of the whole area by providing habitat for ground nesting birds and butterflies (in particular the High Brown Fritillary). While sheep’s wool sheared each year from the neighbouring flocks helps provide an alternative source of income to hill farmers.

Wriggle Wrigglers sells strulch too!
You can buy several bags or just one!

Strulch Garden Mulch, 100 litre bag £9.65
Strulch is a special kind of mulch. Made from mineralised wheat straw, it has a neutral pH and is light and easy to handle. It is certified for use in organic growing systems as per the Soil Association guidance. Strulch can be left on the ground for up to two years or it can be worked into the soil at the end of the season to improve soil structure and drainage. It’s being used at the Eden project and the RHS gardens at Wisley.

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It’s a bit wet today but the sun is shining so I’ve been on and taken some photos.
Here’s my allium bed with garlic and onions. In the background are some straw bales for mulching and my neighbour’s green tarp covered weed stack.

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Plus they’re always finding something new – 2012 seed varieties
With a fantastic new range of flower seeds and vegetable seeds. The 2012 range includes the delightful Calendula ‘Fruit Twist’ (80 seeds only 99p) and vegetable seeds from 99p

Amazing special offers
Bedding & Borders Mix – 36 plants just 1p

Fill your beds and borders with this lovely selection of petunias and pansies. This collection includes 12 plug plants each of Petunia ‘Bedding’ Mix, Pansy ‘Ballerina’ and Petunia ‘Frenzy’.

Petunia ‘Surfinia’ – 10 jumbo plugs just 1p

Create waves of colour in your garden with this much loved, reliable petunia. ‘Surfinia’ will produce hundreds of beautifully coloured, trumpet shaped flowers.

Alan’s Top Tray Bumper Pack – 72 plants only £14.99

A stunning collection of 6 annual plants to brighten up your borders, beds and hanging basket displays.

72 plug plants (6 varieties, 12 of each) –
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Lavender ‘Hidcote’ – Double the plants for just £1 extra

Display these stunning violet-blue compact spikes in your garden. This classic English lavender plant has an attractive grey-green fragrant foliage.

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