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Swan lake soup

 

5:22 pmin blog, recipes by isabel Comments Off

Vegalicious cook up a beautiful leek and potato soup, also known as Vichysoisse.

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Hepatica japonica ‘Hohobeni

 

6:57 pmin blog, flowers, grow this by Ryan 4 Comments »

Ryan Lewis finds another beautiful and rare flower to add to his growing collection.

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Grow Your Own Herbs in Pots

 

5:33 pmin blog, review by Sarah Beer Comments Off

Sarah Bird reviews Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell’s book on simple projects for growing herbs.

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Heavenly hellebores

 

5:28 pmin blog, flowers by Ken Marten 1 Comment »

Floristry genius Ken Marten whips up a heavenly hellebore terrarium.

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Improving poor soil

 

5:59 pmin blog, monthly jobs by adminTags:
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If you’re not one of those smug gardeners with super-duper loamy soil, F&F is here to rescue you. Here’s our guide to improving poor soils.

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Which tomato should you choose?

 

5:01 pmin blog, grow this, vegetables, Your Blogs by admin Comments Off

F&F community member Ellie Smith gives her tips on the best tomatoes to grow this year.

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Jobs for January

 

5:43 pmin blog, monthly jobs by isabel Comments Off

Don’t get too snug on that sofa: there’s still plenty to be done in the garden this month.

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The wrap-up

 

5:16 pmin blog, news by isabel Comments Off

Here’s our latest crop of fabulous gardening posts from this week.

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Avoiding winter crackpots

 

8:17 pmin blog, flowers, monthly jobs by Kathy Brown 2 Comments »

Winter’s miserable enough as it is without frost ruining your containers. Design Expert Kathy Brown pitches up with advice to keep your pots looking fabulous.

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12 months of plants

 

6:00 pmin blog, flowers, grow this by isabel 1 Comment »

Clever gardeners are people who plan to have at least one plant stealing the show each month. Here’s F&F’s top list of showstoppers for 2011.

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Clematis cirrhosa ‘Virgin’s Bower’

 

6:00 pmin blog, flowers by isabelTags:
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Forget the fancy, fat-flowered clematis of summer: this is a fantastic winter-flowering climber.

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January stars

 

5:00 pmin blog, flowers by isabel Comments Off

Your garden needn’t look miserable during January. Just plant this bunch of eternally optimistic late-winter bloomers and you’ll almost be glad when the most boring month of the year rolls around.

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