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Merrygold’ Tomato
First blight resistant orange tomato naming competition – the result! The Burpee Seeds Europe team ran a competition last month together with Mr Fothergill’s which gave readers of the Pumpkin Beth site an exciting opportunity to name their first-ever blight-resistant…
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Kitchen Garden magazine is a number one hit!
Kitchen Garden magazine is the most popular magazine on isubscribe, the UK’s largest subscription marketplace. Kitchen Garden, one of the nation’s favourite gardening magazines, reached new heights this week as the most popular magazine on isubscribe, the UK’s largest subscription…
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New issue, new seeds!
With every new issue of Kitchen Garden magazine we offer all our subscribers a great selection of FREE seeds. This month’s issue comes with Rocket Salad, Marvel of Four Seasons and Radish, so here’s a quick growing guide to help…
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The agricultural show will go on…
Fancy a day out at the greatest agricultural show this weekend? The tickets are free and all are invited! Hundreds of agricultural shows up and down the country forced to cancel owing the Coronavirus Pandemic, to honour them, The Greatest…
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‘Grow to give’ flower project
A bestselling author who struggled with severe anxiety for more than 20 years is launching a national ‘let’s grow together’ campaign Nicola Bird, 48, from Chobham, Surrey, believes The Floral Project (Thefloralproject.co.uk) will help parents encourage their children to spend…
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Where Arden met Shakespeare
April 23 celebrates the amazing life and works of William Shakespeare. However, few know about the roots of this iconic literary figure. The story of one of the world’s most influential writers begins not in Stratford upon-Avon, but the far…
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Grow Some Sunshine’ To Support Our NHS Heroes.
Grow beautiful sunflowers to show your appreciation of hard working NHS staff during the current crisis In these uncertain times, there is one thing which we can always be sure of, NHS and other frontline workers will go above and…
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Digging the easy way
We look at some simple ways to take the hard work out of soil cultivation. With the rise in no-dig gardening the annual winter dig has been going out of style lately, yet for many gardeners this task marks the…
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Small space growing
If you don’t have a lot of room to grow, there are many ways to maximise crops from tiny places. Emma Rawlings suggests some ideas. Edible corner This picture shows that in a small sunny corner you can create something…
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Spring is here!
Top ten signs of it in your garden • Spring has sprung, and the RSPB has created a list of ‘top ten signs of spring’ that you can see from your own home! • Join in the conversation #NatureIsOpen •…
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Help save puffins from home – join the Puffarazzi!
RSPB’s innovative citizen science photography project needs your pictures As puffins return to the UK’s coastlines, the RSPB is asking for members of the public to join in from home in its ground-breaking project, Puffarazzi, to help to find out…
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National Beanpole Week 2020
In these troubling times, there has never been a greater need to make use of our outdoor space and create something positive Gardeners and coppice workers nationwide are getting ready for National Beanpole Week – despite the pressures coronavirus is…
