Amateur Gardening

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■ Pick the right pot: Like other legumes, French beans can develop quite a sizeable root system, so you should choose individual small pots for sowing, or large modular trays. Fill using a proprietary seed compost or multi-purpose compost. ■ Best sow

Amateur Gardening

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GROWING plants from seed is one of the most satisfying things about gardening, which is why the free seeds that come with Amateur Gardening are such a success. Once again we have teamed up with Mr Fothergill’s to bring colour to your patios and garde

Country Homes & Interiors

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I love this little flower more and more. With its unusual gold blooms, it’s so exotic and commanding. As it’s small, you should plant quite a few of them around the edge of a large pot with nothing too large to over shadow. Their flowers look exquisi

Amateur Gardening

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PETUNIAS never seem to go out of fashion and such is their popularity that new, gaudier incarnations of this trumpet-bloomed plant appear every year. However, there is also a lot to celebrate about traditional varieties and this week’s free seeds are

Amateur Gardening

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NOW that the Christmas decorations have been packed away for another year, it’s time to start thinking about the garden, and looking ahead to spring and summer planting plans. Most gardeners are champing at the bit to do something green-fingered by n

Cardmaking & Papercraft

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• Sea salt • Olive oil • Lavender oil/essence • Dried lavender • Bowl • Spoon Give your gal-pals the perfect excuse for some pampering me-time all in the comfort of their own home, with this fragrant lavender scrub. A long hot soak is just the thing

Good Organic Gardening

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Becoming a gardener makes you both more wary and more accepting of insects and other creepy-crawlies. Wary because you get to know the harm some can do to your plants or you; accepting because you get to know the good they do and their important plac

Woman's Weekly

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For revitalising caffeine-free infusions, steep a few herb leaves in hot water – they taste delicious and many have beneficial properties. Peppermint is refreshing and good for the digestion, while Korean mint (Agastache rugosa) has a warming, anisee

Amateur Gardening

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IN a bit of departure, this week’s free seeds are deliciously edible! Tomato ‘Sweet Baby’ do exactly what is says on their packet - they are cherry-sized little ‘uns that have a moreishly sweet taste with a bit of after-bite. Not only do they taste d

BBC Gardeners' World

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Sow tiny seeds, like delphinium and campanula, into trays. Place in your palm and tap gently to scatter evenly over compost. Cover thinly with sieved compost. Once true leaves appear, prick out. Medium-sized seeds such as French beans, zinnias and

Amateur Gardening

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COLLECTING seeds as they ripen saves money and lets you sow them where you want, rather than leaving it to the whim of the elements and parent plant! You can usually tell when seeds are ready as the seedheads or pods change colour from green to brown

Amateur Gardening

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Listen to Peter’s free podcast every Thursday. Search for ‘This Week In The Garden with Peter Seabrook’ on iTunes 1 Turn out the drawers to unearth old packets of seeds, as next week I will suggest likely germination life. Tomato seeds, for example,

Better Nutrition

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For links to studies cited in our articles and other helpful sites and books, visit betternutrition.com. Kick toxic, synthetic products out the door and bring the healing joy of nature into your life with recipes from The Big Book of Homemade Product

Amateur Gardening

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WITH more enforced time on our hands earlier in the year, we sowed lots more seeds than usual and were inundated with an embarrassment of riches. Annuals, perennials and veg seeds all came up trumps and now we are enjoying their beauty and bounty. On

Amateur Gardening

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IN the current situation many people will now want to grow their own food in addition to those who already are, and there may be difficulty getting enough seeds. So what can you do if you cannot get ‘proper’ seed? Disregarding slight risks of importi

The English Garden

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• Harvest seed from the garden when it’s fully ripe on a dry day. All the seed we collect is stored in paper envelopes and then kept in a north-facing room in the house. • The seed collected is sown between October and March and none of it is kept in

Woman

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Naturally compact or dwarf salad plants, such as tumbling tomatoes, aubergines and peppers, are handy to have by the back door for watering and feeding – and then, of course, for picking. Choose a wide container, at least 25cm (10in) deep, line with

BBC Gardeners' World

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CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWERS WORD WHEEL 1 Suggested words (not comprehensive): finer, frank, infer, infra, knife, oaken, reran 2 Korean Fir WORD SEARCH Brodie, Almond, Hedera, Norway, Raisin, Ginger WINTER WONDERS Helleborus niger, Nandina domestica, Clema

Garden & Gun

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In our Talk of the South newsletter, readers told us what they’re most excited to grow this year. Moonvine, hyacinth bean, and sunflowers. Robert E. I always plant yellow tomatoes, basil, and mint for salads, sandwiches, and eye candy. Cynthia G. I

Men's Fitness UK

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£12 (pack of 12), weareboundless.co.uk They say: ‘When it comes to flavour we don’t hold back. Our gutsy bags of nuts and seeds pack a punch and cause a stir.’ We say: ‘Activated’ means the seeds have been allowed to germinate, releasing natural e

BBC Gardeners' World

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Subscribe by 4 January to get 10 free packs of veg and flower seed delivered to your door – including tomato, basil and carrots. Turn to p24 to find out more. And don’t miss our Grow Your Own special edition – includes 5 packs of seeds worth £11.65.

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Best days Second-best days You must plant all-ground crops during the moon’s WAXING cycle. On these days, thin out seed boxes, sow all types of seeds and plant seedlings that produce their crop above the ground. These include all varieties of peas, b

Kitchen Garden

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The beauty about this crop is you can grow it in the ground or in bags or pots and either way is good for children to try. You can also buy just small quantities of seed potatoes so if you don’t want to grow lots of rows but only a few in a children’

VegNews Magazine

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Come summer, delicate, sun-warmed berries are true pleasures at any farmers’ market. Be sure to stock up for smoothies, cobblers, muffins, and jams. Pro tip: bring your own large containers to carry them so that they don’t get smashed while you’re sh

Woman's Weekly Living Series

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Harvesting cucumbers when they are the right size can be tricky if you have never grown them before. I would recommend harvesting cucumbers when they are about 15-20cm long as they have a tender texture; if left to grow too long, it can create a bitt

Farms and Farm Machinery

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Drone seeders that can plant a hectare in under 20 minutes will be tested in cotton industry research that is exploring faster, more cost-effective ways of revegetating large areas with native species. Led by Dr Rhiannon Smith of the University of Ne

Kitchen Garden

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Children grow out of their Wellington boots pretty quickly and it is a shame to throw them away, especially when they are often such lovely colours. Why not keep them and use them as planters? You could screw the boots to a shed wall and keep adding

BBC Gardeners' World

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While the range of flowering plants that’ll grow happily in some shade is quite large, the choice of edible plants is more limited. In principle, vegetables and fruit grow best in full sun in the UK. However, there are some exceptions. Morello cherr

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Best days Second-best days On these days, thin out seed boxes, sow all types of seeds and plant seedlings that produce their crop above the ground. These include all varieties of peas, beans, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprout, egg

Kitchen Garden

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There are dozens of carrot varieties in the seed catalogues and new ones appearing every year, so it can be hard to make a choice if you fancy trying something new. Last season I tried a relatively new imperator type called ‘Malbec F1’ which is avail