category: Allotment Gardening

Where to buy bulbs and seeds online

Great Places to Buy Plants and Seeds Online

  • Great Places to Buy Plants and Seeds Online
  • by My Garden School

  • Where can you buy plants and seeds online? www.mr-fothergills.co.uk Mr Fothergills Direct – is one of the UKs quite traditional suppliers of flower and vegetable seeds and plants backed with traditional family values – they assure quality and service They have a reasonably good range, and also stock plenty of bedding plants and perennials, flower…

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The New No-Mow Gardens Trend..

  • The New No-Mow Gardens Trend..
  • by My Garden School

  • We like this interesting US video on the no-mow yards trend! And another new gardening book to be procured! Have you seen this trend where you live too? There’s some evidence in the UK, but early days. We’d like to hear of more if you’ve seen it in your country. Please let us know on…

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My Home Made Christmas Decorations –Bring Your Garden Indoors This Christmas!

  • My Home Made Christmas Decorations –Bring Your Garden Indoors This Christmas!
  • by elspeth

  • Inspired by MyGardenSchool tutors Caroline Tilston (Decorate Your Room Outside) and Andy McIndoe (Planting Spring Bulbs) – I have done almost all my Christmas Decorations and interior by using bits and pieces I already have in the garden, shed or house.   Not only do I think they look better than artificial decorations – wow  –…

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A Must Watch – Pollination Video

  • A Must Watch – Pollination Video
  • by My Garden School

  • This video is not only beautifully shot, but very cleverly, if subliminally, it reminds us how nature is in fact made up of an intricate number of connections and interconnections. We are only a tiny part of these vast connections – we’re part of this huge ecosystem of which pollination is a key part. This…

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How to Find The Best Gardening Course Near You

  • How to Find The Best Gardening Course Near You
  • by My Garden School

  • MyGardenSchool has spent the last few months researching gardening courses across the United Kingdon. We’ve looked at the good the bad and the ugly, and have compiled our information by county so you can find the nearest gardens and gardening courses to you. We’ll also be doing this country by country, so soon you’ll know…

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Why Gardening is Good For You

  • Why Gardening is Good For You
  • by My Garden School

  • We like this infomatic showing all the great things about gardening – ranging from cost saving, health statistics and planet impact. Thanks to Lock Ness Water Gardens for their inspiration.

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Going back to our wartime veg growing roots

  • Going back to our wartime veg growing roots
  • by My Garden School

  • In many ways, we’ve come full circle. The global recession has prompted us to dig deep and re-examine our values – and also for many to re-examine our bank balances. Perhaps a good thing, is a resurgence in interest in growing our own food. We love this wartime list of vegetables – from 1948 –…

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My Name is Tara Sinclair and I Abandon Allotments. And Gardens.

  • My Name is Tara Sinclair and I Abandon Allotments. And Gardens.
  • by Tara

  • I feel a complete fraud posting my gardening blog this week because I have spent virtually all of the summer holidays away from home, enjoying time with the children and thereby doing the equivalent of sticking two green fingers up to my plants and vegetables. It wasn’t meant to be this way. It was just…

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What Vegetables Can I Plant Now?

  • What Vegetables Can I Plant Now?
  • by My Garden School

  • If you’re looking for what vegetables to grow in your garden now, or a vegetable growing diary, -we’re here to help!    We thought we’d start gather information real-time from our students in different areas in the world, as to what food to plant right now.  Whether you’re an allotment gardener, have veg in pots, or…

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How to Compost – which method is best for you

  • How to Compost – which method is best for you
  • by My Garden School

  • We love this infographic by TreeHugger.com that lays out all the different methods of composting and helps you figure out which one is best for you. Sometimes this is a minefield and this is a great reference check in on. If you have any composting tips please write in our comments box. We’d love to…

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