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Have a look at the trees and shrubs we’ve chosen for autumn colour. If you buy from any of these links it doesn’t affect the price you pay (if you can get any of them cheaper elsewhere, go for it!), but we get a small commission from the suppliers NB If you’re not already a subscriber […]
Feeding your garden birds is a win-win; not only do we get to enjoy their acrobatic antics but we’re helping them too, with the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) saying it can ‘improve overwinter survival in a number of species’. But we need to be careful. Having so many birds clustered together for feeding is […]
Have you ever gone off into the garden with a wheelbarrow – and your gloves, your secateurs, your trowel, your twine etc. etc. and all of them have become muddled up with the dead-heads, weeds and stalks as you chuck them in on top of your tools? I certainly have, and what I needed was […]
This historic Coronation weekend, we want to say thank you to our wonderful subscribers whose company really makes The3Growbags’ blog what it is. So we’re running a free competition for subscribers to win a £50 voucher in our fabulous online shop Just email us at The3Growbags@gmail.com with the words CORONATION COMPETITON in the subject line. […]
WORX WG186E.9 36V (40V MAX) Dual Battery Brushless Multi Garden Tool The move from hydro-carbons to electricity has reached garden equipment big time this year – and we don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I was delighted to take up the offer by Worx to try out their electric strimmer this summer – specifically the Dual […]
‘Bite Away’ – a treatment for insect bites Bite-Away is a little patented battery-powered device designed for the treatment of insect bites. It is a small gadget, and the idea is that you hold the ceramic end of it against the insect bite as soon as possible after you were bitten, and press either the […]
Burgon & Ball Sophie Conran Long-Handled Digging Spade I absolutely must tell you about my new favourite garden tool! It’s a Sophie Conran Long-Handled Digging Spade which has been introduced this year by Burgon & Ball. It has replaced my old and trusted border spades, for whenever I am busy in the borders, planting, unearthing […]
A review of Diary of a Modern Country Gardener by Tamsin Westhorpe I so enjoyed reading this! Its lightness of touch and lack of pomposity carried me through it at a much quicker pace than I normally manage with gardening books. Arranged in diary-fashion, it doesn’t become bogged down at any point with long ‘purple’ passages, […]
I Want to Like My Garden by Rachel McCartain A review by the3Growbags This book starts with the premise that gardening is a boring chore, which probably echoes the feelings of a lot of people. Starting from this rather negative outlook, it launches into quick fixes for this attitude, and we enjoyed the unusual analogies […]
Regular blog readers will have come to realise that I am the only Growbag sister with really good horticultural taste. As it is with plants, so it is with jewellery. I go for understated, timeless class from ethical sources, so was delighted when we came across the work of Kate Lewis at RHS Wisley’s Contemporary […]
Can we talk about brilliant gifts? So, not the plastic/sugary/laugh-a-minute ones or in fact candles (although who doesn’t love the aroma of lime and basil at Christmas?). We are talking about something contemporary, unusual, with interior-design ‘wow’ that your plant-loving friends will actually love and that won’t wholly break your bank. Interested? Then honestly, log on […]