Serenta plants voucher
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Serenata Plants
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5% off sitewide
Expires:20/02/2012
They sell fruit trees, bay trees and house plants! Tons of lovely plants for you to browse through!
Lots of lemon and olive trees!
Archive for the 'General Gardening' Category
Groundhog sees shadow
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012So 6 more weeks of winter. Brr. At least it’s not been that bad so far!
Groundhog day 2012
Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney,
Pippa Greenwood Tour announced
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Pippa Greenwood embarks on
UK ‘Grow Your Own’ tour with Stewart
One of Britain’s most popular gardening broadcasters will be hitting the
road later this spring to promote the values of growing your own.
Grow your own specialist and broadcaster, Pippa Greenwood, has teamed up with
Stewart to embark on an ambitious tour to eight locations around the country encouraging
gardeners to make the most of home produce.
With money getting tighter, an increasing number of people are saving cash and
staying healthy by using their gardens, greenhouses and even their windowsills
to cultivate food.
There has been a massive rise in the popularity of grow your own horticulture
lately, with the National Trust reporting the huge potential in the UK with around
600 acres of unused windowsills which could be used to grow fruit and vegetables
under glass by those who do not have space for a greenhouse.
But help is now at hand from Pippa Greenwood who will be demonstrating on the
tour how easy it is to grow your own. She will explain and demonstrate growing
seeds and propagation. She will also show how to pot a plant easily using different
sized pots as well as giving a master class on making small and versatile growing
beds from large pots, troughs and hanging baskets.
The tour will begin on March 1st at Stewarts in Christchurch, Dorset and then
to mark gardening’s own version of Comic Relief, Garden Re-Leaf Day on March
13th, Pippa will be bound for Cadbury Garden & Leisure Centre in Congresbury,
North Somerset.
Garden Re-Leaf Day is part of a nationwide programme of fund-raising events aimed
at gardeners of all levels of expertise. All proceeds will be donated to Greenfingers,
the garden industry charity which creates gardens at children’s hospices.
Pippa will visit Scotsdale Nursery & Garden Centre in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
on March 24th, Barton Grange Garden Centre in Brock Preston, Lancashire on March
28th, as well as Gordale Nurseries in Burton, South Wirral, Cheshire on March
29th.
She will then head to Webbs near Droitwich, Worcestershire on April 5th, followed
by attending the Exeter Food Festival, Northernhay Gardens, Exeter on April 13th
and the tour will be rounded off by a visit to the Garden Pride Garden Centre
in Ditchling, West Sussex on May 13th.
The tour comes on the back of a recent three-year partnership deal signed last
year between Stewart and Pippa Greenwood who will be working together to help
consumers improve their understanding of growing fruit and vegetables at home
and support retailers in this increasingly popular market sector.
The BBC Gardeners’ Question Time panellist and BBC Gardeners’ World
columnist said she was very excited to be working with Stewart, taking part in
a very hands-on tour where there will be eight comprehensive information sheets
available to visitors explaining everything from propagation to when to use a
cloche. These, along with a ‘grow your own calendar’, will be available
in garden centres and DIY stores across the country, located next to Stewart products
labelled with Pippa’s ‘grow your own’ branding.
“I’m looking forward to chatting about grow your own with people,
and using some of Stewart’s wonderful products. Stewart’s product
range demonstrates a real and long-term commitment to the grow your own movement
– something that everyone knows I am passionate about.
“I believe that, together, we can help gardeners everywhere get the most
from their grow your own efforts.”
Pippa will have her own blog on the Stewart website at: www.stewart-garden.com/pippa and she will be selling a wide range of Stewart products with the ‘grow
your own’ branding on her own website at www.pippagreenwood.com
Tour details:
March 1st: Stewarts, Lyndhurst Road,
Christchurch, Dorset BH23 4SA. Tel 01425 272244.
March 13th: Cadbury Garden
& Leisure Centre, Smallway, Congresbury,
North Somerset BS49 5AA. Tel: 01934 875700.
March 24th: Scotsdale Nursery
& Garden Centre, Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
CB22 5JT. Tel 01223 842777.
March 28th: Barton Grange Garden Centre,
Garstang Road, Brock Preston,
Lancashire PR3 0BT. Tel 01995 642900.
March 29th: Gordale Nurseries Ltd, Chester
High Road, Burton, South Wirral,
Cheshire CH64 8TF. Tel 0151 336 2116.
April 5th: Webbs, Wychbold, Droitwich,
Worcestershire WR9 0DG. Tel 01527 860000.
April 13th: Exeter Food Festival,
Northernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX4 3QE
May 13th: Garden Pride Garden
Centre, Common Lane, Ditchling,
West Sussex, BN6 8TP. Tel 01273 846844.
Can you compost hair?
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Question – Can you compost hair?
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Answer: Yes you can put human and pet hair on your compost heap. It’ll break down if it’s not stolen by the birds for nest material first!
parts of a seed
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012This close up of a dwarf borlotti bean shows from top to bottom:
the micropyle – the pore through which water will enter the seed
the hilum – where the seed was attached to the pod
the radicle – which is where the root grows from
Insect
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
I went and picked a few leaves to come and try under the microscope and after few minutes I noticed I had bought in more than I bargained. On one leaf looked a squashed fly. Apparently it wasn’t squashed – just very cold. Being under the light and in the warm bought it round and it’s had its photo taken too.
Hunter wellies on sale
Monday, January 16th, 2012Hunter Wellies on sale at Cloggs
Just a few of the many pairs of Hunters wellies on offer at Cloggs right now.
New products today at Cloggs
Hunter Wellies – Original Brit – Dark Navy £119.99
Show your patriotism with Hunter’s vintage scarred Union Jack wellies. The flag is beautifully screen printed on a waterproof linen fabric leg. The iconic design is built on the Original last, delivering an orthopaedic fit and all round comfort.
Huge list of rhubarb crowns for sale
Monday, January 9th, 2012Rhubarb is technically a vegetable. That might not come as a complete surprise to those who aren’t keen on it’s sourness but for those of us who love it then we don’t care!
Prepare a bed well – it’s a long term thing that won’t want to be moved for years.
Plenty of muck on an annual basis is best for keeping it strong!
An essential for every garden –
Rhubarb ‘Champagne’ (Autumn Planting) – 2 budded crowns £6.99
Rhubarb ‘Stockbridge Arrow’ (Spring Planting) – 2 budded crowns £6.99
Rhubarb ‘Timperley Early’ (Autumn Planting) – 2 budded crowns £6.99
Rhubarb ‘Stockbridge Arrow’ (Autumn Planting) – 2 budded crowns £6.99
Rhubarb ‘Timperley Early’ (Spring Planting) – 2 budded crowns £6.99
Rhubarb ‘Victoria’ (Autumn Planting) – 2 budded crowns £6.99
Rhubarb with Growbags – 3 crowns + 1 grow bags £7.99
Rhubarb ‘Fulton’s Strawberry Surprise’ (Spring Planting) – 1 plant £9.99
Rhubarb ‘Giant Grooveless Crimson’ (Spring Planting) – 1 plant £9.99
Rhubarb ‘Champagne’ (Spring Planting) – 3 crowns £9.99
Rhubarb Patio Kit (Autumn Planting) – 1 large crown + 1 grow bag £9.99
Rheum palmatum – 3 bare roots £9.99
Rhubarb ‘Victoria’ (Spring Planting) – 3 crowns £9.99
Rhubarb ‘Timperley Early’ – 3 crowns £11.98
Rhubarb Champagne 3 Plants £11.99
Rheum palmatum – 6 bare roots £14.98
Rhubarb Patio Kit (Spring Planting) – 2 patio planters + 2 budded pieces of each variety £14.99
Rhubarb ‘Fulton’s Strawberry Surprise’ Patio Kit – 1 plant + 1 grow bag £14.99
Rhubarb Patio Kit B (Autumn Planting) – 2 patio planters + 2 budded pieces of each variety £14.99
Rhubarb Patio Kit (Autumn Planting) – 2 large crowns + 2 grow bags £14.99
Rhubarb with Growbags – 6 crowns + 2 grow bags £14.99
Rhubarb RHS Collection (Spring Planting) – 2 plants – 1 of each variety £16.99
Rhubarb ‘Giant Grooveless Crimson’ (Spring Planting) – 2 plants £19.98
Rhubarb ‘Fulton’s Strawberry Surprise’ (Spring Planting) – 2 plants £19.98
Rhubarb ‘Fulton’s Strawberry Surprise’ Patio Kit – 1 plant + 2 grow bags £24.99
White lisbon spring onion seeds
Monday, January 9th, 2012Growing Spring onions
Also known as salad onions.
If you sow from March to July then they’re ready for pulling from June to October.
Sown in August you will get a crop March to May.
Follow the instructions on the packet for spacing. Although some people just sprinkle the seeds in a tray and firm down and cover with compost. Sow a tray every other week throughout the sowing season and then you’ll harvest a few each week.
Can grow in trays or even gutters and then plant out as they get bigger.
Wilko Vegetable Garden Spring White Lisbon Onion from Wilkinson Plus £0.78
Popular and quick growing salad type. Sow Mar-Jul, harvest May-Oct. Sow thinly in prepared seed bed, cover lightly with fine soil. Average contents 450 seeds.
Greyhound cabbage seeds
Saturday, January 7th, 2012Where’s cheapest?
New products today at Plants and Seeds
Wilko Vegetable Garden Greyhound Cabbage from Wilkinson Plus £0.54
Tasty and reliable summer pointed cabbage. Sow Mar-May, harvest Jun-Sept. Sow thinly in prepared seed bed. Average contents 400 seeds.