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Image of the week by Matt Williams

November 29, 2009
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Real gardens: Anglesey Abbey

November 28, 2009
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Come winter and most gardeners crawl indoors for a hard-earned rest. Not so the team at Anglesey Abbey, who this week will head down to their winter garden with jet-washers and scrubbing brushes. Washing the trees keeps the extraordinary display of c
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{Carrots and Kids} Winter woes

November 27, 2009
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I admit to finding it very difficult to don my waterproof coat and head off to the allotment when it is blowing a gale or very cold. I worry that I am indeed a bit of a wimpy gardener, a fair weather one. So it should come as no surprise that this ye
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Image of the week by tambrieann

November 27, 2009
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{Vegalicious} Pumpkin spice bread

November 25, 2009
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The leaves have fallen from the trees, there is a distinct nip in the air, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. These altogether mean pumpkin time at our house. You might use this versatile vegetable to make a jack-o-lantern, or only as a pump
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Real gardens: La Ferme de Sourrou

November 24, 2009
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‘But my garden really isn’t very stylish,’ objected Irene Knightley when I first approached her about a Real Garden feature. She must be an incredibly modest woman, as this is one of the most romantic gardens I have ever seen. True, La Ferme de Sorro
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Image of the week by Hal Godtree

November 22, 2009
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Review: The Girl’s Guide to Growing Your Own

November 22, 2009
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Let’s face it: not every gardener likes shovelling manure in the rain and spending all Saturday fussing over their sweetcorn plants. If you’re brand-new to gardening, this whole dirt-under-the-fingernails thing can be off-putting enough without the v
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{Green Lane Allotments} November 2009

November 21, 2009
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A new month and it seems like an entirely different country. Autumn now seems to be heading inexorably towards winter as posts in our weather blog show. We made just a flying visit to the plot to harvest a few vegetables and make sure plants in the g
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10% off at Victoriana Nurseries, forever

November 21, 2009
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I absolutely love Victoriana Nursery Gardens. They have such a marvellous selection of unusual seeds and plants, and the company is family-run. They’re a lovely bunch of people too, and have teamed up with Fennel&Fern to offer a 10% discount to a
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Real gardens: Blair Castle

November 20, 2009
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I fell in love with the Hercules Garden at Blair Castle in Fife when I was a young teenager. It wasn’t difficult: a walled garden complete with bothy, Japanese bridge, a folly, vegetables beds and fruit trees running down in stripes to a lake. The be
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Image of the week by Heidi Engel

November 19, 2009
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