Sunday, 31 May 2015

PLANT OUT THE TENDER PLANTS

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PLANT OUT THE TENDER PLANTS Summer is a bit late this year so I have been in no rush to plant out my sweet corn, courgettes, pumpkins...

UNDER GLASS

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UNDER GLASS The greenhouse has been straining to cope with young growing plants waiting on a decent spell for hardening off. Dahlia...
Sunday, 17 May 2015

FRUIT CROPS

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FRUIT CROPS Top fruit The dormant season may have passed but there is still time to plant fruit trees and bushes as most plants a...
Monday, 11 May 2015

A DAY ON THE ALLOTMENT

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A DAY ON THE ALLOTMENT As the risk of frost gets less, we can now start to sow those less hardy vegetables such as dwarf French bea...
Sunday, 3 May 2015

SPRING FLOWERS

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SPRING FLOWERS Early May is tulip time, and this year our dry warm spring has brought numerous other plants into flower. Our season...
Sunday, 26 April 2015

SERIOUS PLANTING AND SOWING

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SERIOUS PLANTING AND SOWING Planting the broad beans In a normal year we make a start to sowing and planting on the allotment i...
Monday, 20 April 2015

DUNDEE BOTANICAL GARDENS

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DUNDEE BOTANICAL GARDENS Dundee Botanical Gardens were started in 1971 by Dundee University to meet the needs of the botany staff. ...
Monday, 13 April 2015

CLIMBERS

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CLIMBERS Our gardens are either surrounded by fences and walls, or they encompass buildings which are sure to have some bare wall t...
Wednesday, 8 April 2015

GREEN MANURES

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GREEN MANURES The urban gardener of today has a greater problem keeping his soil fertile compared to yesterday, when I was just a w...
Monday, 30 March 2015

SOW SOME ANNUALS

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SOW SOME ANNUALS Hardy annuals grown from seed is one of the best ways to bring in summer colour to the new garden where newly plan...