Tony Flanagan
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Oh no! Leggy Seedlings!
Do your seedlings look like this? It’s not unusual if we start sowing indoors early that we get leggy seedlings I’ve often had this problem with tomato and pepper seedlings. So keen to get sowing and making a head start!…
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The cow’s digestive system could revolutionise renewable energy
Scientists look at the way relatively unknown fungi works inside the guts of herbivores in hopes of revolutionising biomass technology. Professor Theodorou, leader of the Agricultural Centre of Sustainable Energy Systems (ACSES) at Harper Adams University, is among the group…
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Green fingers at the ready
Are you proud of your garden and what you grow in it? Then enter the North Lincolnshire garden competition for your chance to win £100 The competition is split into seven categories: • Best large garden (over 100 square metres) • Best…
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BLUEBELL WALKS AT RODE HALL
Experience one of the finest Bluebell Walks in the North West at Rode Hall and Gardens in Cheshire New for 2016, visitors can enjoy Rode’s carpets of ancient bluebells even more extensively due to the recent discovery and restoration of an…
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Carbon gold studies show enriched biochar suppresses ash dieback
Tree care products produced by Carbon Gold have been found to suppress ash dieback in a recent study featured on the BBC’s Countryfile. The research featured on the BBC’s best-loved programme reveals that ash dieback could be more effectively managed…
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Gardeners’ Question Time at The Edible Garden Show
BBC Radio 4’s GQT is to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show and members of the public can apply for free tickets to be in the audience! Gardeners’ Question Time (GQT) will be recorded on the Saturday of The…
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Garden Re-Leaf Day
Greenfingers Charity has designated Friday, March 18 March as Garden Re-Leaf day. On that day and during the weekend that follows garden centres and garden retailers around the country will be showing off the best of their plants and gardening…
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Over 100 gardens set to Embrace Snowdrop Festival
The National Gardens Scheme is excited to invite members of the public to enjoy its first ever Snowdrop Festival in February 2016. The Festival will see more than one hundred gardens open across England and Wales through the month of…
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Top Tip: use coffee grounds to enrich your soil
If you drink filtered coffee, don’t throw your coffee grounds away. They are excellent for the garden. Coffee grounds are a great source of nitrogen, just what your leaves love, though it’s not a quick nitrogen fix. The nitrogen in…
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London Farms and Garden Show
More than 20 London charities took in the 17th annual London Farms and Gardens Show on September 19. Feedback on the standard of exhibits from judges, who included staff from the Chelsea Physic Garden and Duchy College, was excellent. To…
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Mr Fothergill’s Appointed Corporate Patron
Mr Fothergill’s relationship with the Royal Hospital Chelsea has resulted in the Suffolk seedsman being appointed its first Corporate Patron Governor of the RHC Gen Sir Redmond Watt (centre) welcomes Tim Jeffries (l) and David Carey (r) of Mr Fothergill’s…