I was given some cabbage and cauliflower plants. One is starting to look good already!
It’s next to some rats tail radishes so the picture is a bit crowded.

I’ve got three types of peas on my allotment. Normal ones, a mange tout and Carouby de Maussane sugar snap / mangetout type.

Carouby de Maussane is a tall growing mangetout variety with attractive purple flowers. Large pods up to 11cm long. Good sweet flavour. Height150cm. Very pretty flowers. You could add this to a flower border very easily and people would love it!
Probably not one to mix up with sweet peas though as you don’t want to be eating the sweet pea pods!

Beginner’s Bee Book recommendation – Bee Manual: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Keeping Bees – Bee Manual: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Keeping Bees
is well worth getting. It’s easy and simple to understand. this is the ideal book for a beginner to get started with.

If you want a more advanced complex book then this classic – Guide to Bees & Honey: The World’s Best Selling Guide to Beekeeping – Guide to Bees & Honey: The World’s Best Selling Guide to Beekeeping

Lawn mowers at John Lewis – view their range of lawn mowers now

You love your garden, you love your lawn. You’ve been looking at treating yourself to a new mower for a while now and here you are – looking at John Lewis’s range of lawn mowers.They have top brand names and great prices, plus mowers come with a 2 year guarantee.

John Lewis is a high street name you know and trust. You can trust them to provide a great range of mowers.

They sell Mountfield and Bosch mowers. These are high quality machines with great features to ensure cutting the lawn is easier than you can ever imagine. If you’ve got an electric mower then you’ll know the faff it takes to get the mower out, unwind the cable, move the cable, cut some lawn then re-move the cable to avoid running over it. A petrol mower takes away so much of that effort. You literally just start the mower and go! Petrol mowers are easy to use – the mountfield Self-Propelled Lawnmower gives you a bigger grass box too so you don’t have to empty it as often!

Next, named or Saturday UK delivery £6.95
Next/named day UK delivery pre-10.30am £9.95
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All these amazing mowers have a 2 year guarantee included.

Bosch Rotak 37 Ergoflex Rotary Lawnmower
Integrating an Ergoflex design, the Rotak 37 is ergonomic and boasts adjustable handles. This works to improve body posture and reduce muscle strain, to make mowing the lawn an easier job than ever!

While remaining lightweight for easy mobility, this lawnmower houses a mighty 1400 watt Powerdrive motor to cut through even difficult growth.

Innovative and effective grass combs spanning the sides of this machine ensure a close cut – right up to the edges of your lawn. This means you can cut close to the edge of walls, flower beds and lawns without having to get the grass trimmer out so often!

A 40L grass box capacity enables you to mow for longer without emptying, and fold down handles make for easy storage.
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Mountfield S461PD 46cm Self-Propelled Lawnmower
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Mountfield S421HP 41cm Hand-Propelled Lawnmower
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Mountfield S421PD 41cm Self-Propelled Lawnmower
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Mountfield Princess 14 Electric Rear Roller Lawnmower
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Bosch Rotak 40 Ergoflex Rotary Lawnmower
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Bosch Rotak 37 Li Ergoflex Cordless Rotary Lawnmower
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Mountfield SP535HW 51cm Self-Propelled Lawnmower
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Mountfield SP555 53cm Self-Propelled Aluminium Deck Lawnmower
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Mountfield HP425 41cm Hand-Propelled Lawnmower
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How to decide what lawn mower to get?
If you have a small lawn then a recharable one will be easy to use and time saving with no cables to put out and then away. An electric one is good for a small – medium lawn – the bigger the lawn the more you should look at a petrol mower.
Not just because of area but because of the distance you’ll be from your power source!

The Bosch Rotak 40 Ergoflex Rotary Lawnmower – 50L grass box capacity which is massive for an electric mower! But remember grass adds weight to the mower so it gets harder to push as you get it full!