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Is there a genuine problem or has Hozelock conveniently used the current water shortage as a scapegoat for an ailing business?
A newsflash alerted me to this item carried by Aylesbury Today
In my quest to find the most useful, informative and well run websites on the net I think I have come up with a little gem with 'Jane Perrone's organic allotment and garden blog' Jane has got the balance right with her blogging and she certainly looks like she knows here onions too.
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A Welsh student, inspired by the eccentric Japanese fad culture has become an importer of tiny plants which are suspended from key rings in tiny plastic pots.
Andrew Cargill who is a graphics design student and a fan of entrepreneur Richard Branson, was looking for something to bolster his student loan, and came up with the idea after looking for 'the latest Japanese craze’ on Google.
One of my favourite plants in the herbaceous border is the Penstemon. Just generally searching on the subject I came across this very interesting article in the Falkirk Times written by Sandy Simpson of the Polmont Horticultural Society.
Browsing through the list of prize-winners at Polmont Horticultural Society’s Annual Show held on 2 September 1853 … no, that’s not a typographical error, I really was looking at the prize list for 1853 … I read that James Don, the gardener at Haypark, had won a prize for his penstemons … a competitive class that doesn’t feature in the Polmont Horticultural Society Show Schedule nowadays; and I doubt if I would recognise penstemons if some were shown.
Many moons ago I was charged with creating a plinth for a Bronze Sculpture.
I wasn't told exactly what it was until I arrived at the property in Haslemere Surrey, but I knew it was quite expensive. When I first laid my eyes on 'The Drinker' I was bowled over.
The sculptor David Goode has a reputation that goes before him and has had a glittering career although still only 40 years of age. Here is an extract from his biography on the Goodeart website.
"In 1988 David became a portrait sculptor at the London Studios of Madame Tussauds. At twenty-one he was the youngest sculptor ever to have been offered such a position and in his six years with Tussauds he was able to travel the world for sittings with many famous figures. Some of his most notable works for Tussauds include Freddie Mercury, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Ronald Reagan and Yasser Arafat. "
David's work is not mass produced and will actually become an investment for the future. A garden feature well worth having if you can afford it!
There is still time to enter your prize vegetables or best baked Apple Pie into the BBC National Village Show. Whilst some regional events have already been held you have a chance if you live in Wales or Yorkshire.
The two remaining heats are:
WALES REGIONAL HEAT
SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER, DYFFRYN GARDENS
NORTH REGIONAL HEAT
SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER, NOSTELL PRIORY
With the Grand Final taking place on Monday 2nd October at Highgrove the country seat of Prince Charles.
The show is presented by Alan Titchmarsh and more details click here
Any garden will tell you how important it is to have good aeration in your garden and it is something that can not be achieved properly without the use of worms.
Wormeries have become immensely popular and in time I think it is something that all gardeners should be prepared to consider. Not only for aeration but recycling in general. Almost anything organic can be recycled using worms and the bi product hugely beneficial for the garden.
Your lawn is tired and extremely parched after the record temperatures of the summer. Getting it back into healthy shape can be frustrating, time consuming and expensive but a job that has to be done.
For the domestic gardener finding the right advice is hard and extremely frustrating. Anyone you talk to will seem to conflict with the last one but it is fair to say that any one piece of advice, will not be viable or relevant to all lawns as conditions, budget and geography affect many things.
Sisis a name that everyone in the commercial grass care business from Green Keeper to Football Groundsman will know about, do a wide range of robust equipment for the serious gardener.
There is also a very good section on turf advice for lawn care and its worth bookmarking for future reference.
Trawling through the web I chanced on a visit to the Garden Writers Guild.
I am afraid, I have to put their website into the 'duffers' category - it does not inspire me nor reflect the level of creativity that I would expect from a garden broadcaster or journalist.
The vivid colours conjure up a feeling of illiteracy and violent head banging you might expect at a rave, yet the calmer, more thoughtful news page, is serene.
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