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Monday, February 15th, 2010
In previous articles I have looked at allotment culture from both a historical and site owners perspective. Well, in this piece I hope to help the “landless” gardener source their very own allotment, for a years growing at the very least.
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
“Don’t wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees.”
Anne Raver
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
As children most of us were very picky about what insects we liked. For me personally, earwigs, centipedes, spiders, and all sorts of flies (horseflies especially) scared the pants off me. Then there were the ladybirds, which for one reason or another always found favour with the younger me.
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