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Peashoots

Peashoots
The end of January brings delicious soft peashoots as the latest serving in the 52-week salad challenge.
Wonderful witch hazel

Wonderful witch hazel
Think you know witch hazels? Wait until you see our gallery of Hamamelis, from soft pale yellow, to raunchy crimson.
Foraging for salad

Foraging for salad
Stuck for salad leaves? Here are five that you can forage from your garden and the countryside.
Winter-flowering shrubs for wildlife

Winter-flowering shrubs for wildlife
Plant expert Claire Brown showcases her top three shrubs to bring wildlife into the garden.
The wonderful new allotment

The wonderful new allotment
Meet the wonderful new F&F allotment, and all the strange and wonderful fruits that will grow on it.

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Peashoots

January 28, 2012

by F&F

Rolesalad challenge

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The end of January brings delicious soft peashoots as the latest serving in the 52-week salad challenge.

Wonderful witch hazel

January 27, 2012

by F&F

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Think you know witch hazels? Wait until you see our gallery of Hamamelis, from soft pale yellow, to raunchy crimson.

Foraging for salad

January 26, 2012

by F&F

Rolesalad challenge

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Stuck for salad leaves? Here are five that you can forage from your garden and the countryside.

Winter-flowering shrubs for wildlife

January 25, 2012

by F&F

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Plant expert Claire Brown showcases her top three shrubs to bring wildlife into the garden.

The wonderful new allotment

January 24, 2012

by F&F

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Meet the wonderful new F&F allotment, and all the strange and wonderful fruits that will grow on it.

The gardens at Abbeywood in Cheshire have been around since the Edwardian era, but were extensively designed in 2003 on the advice of designer and writer David Stevens. Here's a snappy tour of the gardens.