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7 days to become a better gardener

The best thing about gardening is that there is always a ton to learn. More than a ton, in fact. Even if you have been gardening for 60 years, you still don’t know everything, and you’re still not perfect. And if you think there is nothing more for you to learn, you’re probably a pretty rubbish gardener.

So F&F is launching the Better Gardener challenge. Every two months, we’ll run a course of intensive posts over a period of seven days which will deal with one topic in as much detail as you could ever want. Each course will teach you how to be a better gardener in a different area, with tips, deep knowledge, and tasks for you to take away.

We’re kicking off the challenge on Monday, when for the next seven days we’ll be teaching you how to improve your soil.

Are you ready for the challenge? The first task pops up on Monday at 2pm on the blog. You can get it delivered straight to your inbox as well by subscribing to our special email list here. You’ll get seven emails over the next week, and then the course will end. The next seven day course will be in November.

Just to encourage you a little more to sign up to the challenge, we’re giving away two lovely grow your own herb sets from Wish.co.uk, which is a very new cool site selling experience days and gifts. The herb growing kit includes 1 packet of basil seeds, 1 packet of parsley seeds, 1 packet of thyme seeds, 1 packet of chive seeds, 1 packet of rosemary seeds, 5 starter growing pots made from coconut husk, 5 natural coconut husk compost discs which expand when watered, 5 wooden plant markers and a booklet with herb garden growing tips.

All you need to do to stand a chance of winning the prize is either sign up for the Better Gardener Challenge by email or by pledging to take the challenge in the comments below. And we’re off!

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  2. Michael T

    This is something I will follow over the next week. I have been gardening for a few years now, but I am glad you are addressing soil as your first topic as I suspect a lot of my problems are down to my failure initially to get the soil right in my garden. I hope that you will help me answer my questions.

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