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August 11, 2010 | Top Ten Tips for drought in the garden

August is a time for frazzled lawns, thistledown parachutes and gaps in the flower-beds.  In the East of England, drought usually kicks in.  Here is a handy list of how to combat that drat drought weather.  As ever, the way is to work with nature.

Get your soil right.  This winter incorporate humus rich material [...]

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June 18, 2010 | This is the bed where Just Joey blooms

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Can’t think how the  bucket got in the picture.  An outward and visible sign of my worries?  These, today, are all about yellow.

Just Joey , a hybrid tea rose bred by  Cants roses in 1972 is very 1970s.  The colour is coppery orange and  the blooms large. Bury your nose in them for the smell [...]

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