Go green in the garden this month
Have a think about how you can do your bit for the environment by employing some basic organic gardening principles to make your gardening experience even greener
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April gardening: plants that make you smile
Making the best use of the lengthening days is a bonus and, providing the weather stays fair, it can be a brilliant gardening month
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Gardening in March – it starts with a seed
This is the month for sowing seeds and getting the garden ready for the summer months ahead.
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Tree’s company: show your garden some love this month
If one of your gardening new year’s resolutions was to plant a tree, then now is the time to make that thought become a reality
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A new year for the garden
January might be the middle of winter but, as the days lengthen, the garden starts to grow.
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Gardening tips for adding autumn colour
October is a good time to plant trees, shrubs and perennials as the soil still has some warmth and will help to get them established
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Gardening tips to help you fall in love with autumn
Keeping colour in borders for as long as possible is top of the ‘to do’ list, so you may consider incorporating late summer or autumn flowering plants such the aster
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Take time to stop and smell the roses in June
Roses are easy to grow and will thrive in most soil types, providing there is good drainage
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Gardening tips for springing into summer
May is a great gardening month and probably the last month you can plan for your summer colour in the garden.
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Get stuck in and grow your own this month
This is a key month for planting vegetables and fruit in the garden, and from now on until late autumn you will be sowing, planting and harvesting.