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Gardening during lockdown

Apr 12, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown day 20: give your spare cuttings as an easter gift

Spread some Easter cheer and give your spare excess cuttings to a good home, and in return collect some from your neighbours.

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 19: relax, enjoy your garden and read a book

Alison Murray

Apr 11, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 19: relax, enjoy your garden and read a book

It's going to be a toasty Easter Saturday. Sit back and enjoy your garden. It's a perfect time to enjoy some garden related reading. I am...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 18: make an Easter egg hunt with a twist

Alison Murray

Apr 10, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 18: make an Easter egg hunt with a twist

You can't beat a good easter egg hunt. This one is a snail trail with the compulsory chocolate at the end. Easter eggs involve a lot of u...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 17: repot succulents

Alison Murray

Apr 9, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 17: repot succulents

Winter dormant succulents should be repotted in the spring as they start to grow. They only need repotting if their roots are overcrowde...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 16: Companion planting

Alison Murray

Apr 8, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 16: Companion planting

Companion planting is an excellent way to keep pests away from your crops and maximise space in your plot. Planting fast growing crops in...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 15: Start sowing outside

Alison Murray

Apr 7, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 15: Start sowing outside

There is a still a risk of frost but hardy plants like beet can be sown outside from March. Space the rows 30cm apart and water your tren...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 14: prepare the vegetable plot

Alison Murray

Apr 6, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 14: prepare the vegetable plot

It is really worth preparing the veg plot before you sow or plant out. Dig and rake it over.

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 13: have a nose at your neighbours' front gardens

Alison Murray

Apr 5, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 13: have a nose at your neighbours' front gardens

Looking at other peoples' front gardens in your neighbourhood can give you a great idea of plants that grow readily in the area and might...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 12: get sowing

Alison Murray

Apr 4, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 12: get sowing

Now is a great time to sow seeds, so that they are ready to plant by the time the risk of frost is over. Here is how to plant into modules a

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 11: plan the veg beds

Alison Murray

Apr 3, 2020
2 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 11: plan the veg beds

Crop rotation is a key part of vegetable gardening. It maximises yield and keeps your veg plot healthy.

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 10: photograph your flower beds

Alison Murray

Apr 2, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 10: photograph your flower beds

Garden design involves a lot of photography. Taking pictures of your borders throughout the year will help you design your garden.

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 9: edge your lawn

Alison Murray

Apr 1, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 9: edge your lawn

A neatly edged lawn can make a world of difference. It gives your lawn a sense of bowling green level of perfection even if it is rife wi...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 8: composting

Alison Murray

Mar 31, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 8: composting

Composting is something you can do even on a small scale. Here's what to add, and how to get the great compost. I'm a bit late in vloggin...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 7: Beat the bindweed!

Alison Murray

Mar 30, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 7: Beat the bindweed!

I thought we'd start the week with a bit of attitude and dig up the bindweed. It's officially spring and the shoots are just starting to ...

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown day 6: Share your seeds

Alison Murray

Mar 29, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown day 6: Share your seeds

What better way to encourage folk to garden than to share seeds? It's a great way to get the nation gardening during lockdown

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 5: Plant some potatoes

Alison Murray

Mar 28, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 5: Plant some potatoes

Potatoes are a great thing to plant in containers. You can grow them in just about anything and they don't take up much space in a pot.

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Things to do in your garden during lockdown, day 4: turn toilet roll tubes into pots

Alison Murray

Mar 27, 2020
2 min

Things to do in your garden during lockdown, day 4: turn toilet roll tubes into pots

Discover how to make mini pots out of your loo roll tubes.

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 3: remove hylotelephium seed heads

Alison Murray

Mar 26, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 3: remove hylotelephium seed heads

Plants like hylotelephiums (sedums) hold their seed heads over winter and provide food for the birds. The new leaves are well up by now, so

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown day 2: Mow the lawn

Alison Murray

Mar 25, 2020
1 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown day 2: Mow the lawn

Mowing the lawn can make all the difference to how your garden looks

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Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 1: Plants some seeds

Alison Murray

Mar 24, 2020
2 min

Things to do in the garden during lockdown, day 1: Plants some seeds

Things to do in the garden during lock down: day 1 Planting seeds in a propagator

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