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Paton pumpkins set for new record
…challenging the record they set in 2016 with a 160 stone (1016kg) pumpkin! Champion pumpkin-growing twins Ian and Stuart Paton from Southampton are well on the way to challenging the record they set in 2016 with a 160 stone (1016kg)…
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Have you seen this beetle?
If you spot this attractive but destructive invader in your garden over the autumn and winter months, the RHS would like to know. Rosemary beetle Chrysolina americana feeds on aromatic plants including rosemary, lavender, sage, thyme and some related plants.…
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Take action to prevent wasps having an autumn sugar rush
Wasp figures could be set to rise after the mixed summer weather. Photo: Martin Cooper via Creative Commons The cooler climate has seen the pests focus on rearing their young, predominantly feeding on wood-based material to build their nests. But…
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Help track the New Zealand flatworm
Scientists are asking gardeners to help them discover how far the New Zealand flatworm has spread in the UK… …and what effect it is having on the environment. Introduced on imported plant material in the 1960s, the New Zealand flatworm…
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Open day for London’s oldest plots
Northfields Allotments welcomed over 700 visitors from across Ealing to its annual summer open day in July. Attractions included the onsite apiary where the bees produce Northfields Allotments honey, a heritage plot with a World War II Anderson shelter, a…
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Wildlife partnership flying high
The Wildlife Trusts celebrate a flourishing 10 year partnership with Vine House Farm Vine House Farm, the home of pioneering wildlife-friendly farmer Nicolas Watts and his family, grows 400 acres of bird seed, including 100 acres of sunflowers, and is…
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‘Hedgehog Housing Census’
First ever ‘Hedgehog Housing Census’ launched to help popular UK garden residents. The UK’s housing crisis is often high on the news agenda, but this August, a more rustic type of accommodation, home to the UK’s smaller, spikier residents, is…
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Companion Planting
Top tips for growing complementary seasonal produce from The Greenhouse People There’s nothing better than growing your own organic fruit and veg. National Allotments Week (14 – 20th August) seems like the perfect time to look at the ways we…
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FAMILY FUN AT THE RIVER COTTAGE SUMMER FESTIVAL
August bank holiday weekend (26th – 27th August). Under 16s go free when accompanied by an adult Fun galore awaits children and adults alike as the River Cottage Summer Festival draws near. Taking place across the August bank holiday weekend…
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Chase Organics granted Royal Warrant
The Surrey-based company has been a trusted supplier to the home gardening, horticultural and agricultural sectors for several decades. Chase Organics, known to gardeners and horticulturists throughout the UK for their extensive range of organic seeds, seaweed plant nutrition products…
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Endangered Water Voles found at Hole Park Gardens
Once a common sight along waterways in Britain, the Water Vole has undergone one of the most dramatic declines of any British mammal. Britain’s fastest declining wild mammal, The Water Vole has been discovered living in one of the ponds…
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TOMATOES BLACK AND BLUE
Highly exotic salads await visitors to the Eden Project this summer thanks to a new growing programme led by a former apprentice turned super food grower. Black, blue and orange tomatoes, cucamelons, tomatillos (also sometimes known as the Mexican husk…
