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Marvellous May! Gardening tips for late spring

Oh fantastic, it’s May!  And what’s more, we 3Growbags are celebrating a hardly-believable TEN years since our first post together on May 5, 2016! But amid all the champers and balloons, there are still gardening tasks to do, such as sowing fast-growing climbers, pinching out seedlings and pruning lilac….. Later seed-sowing As I mentioned in my […]

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Pictorial Meadows – what they are and how to sow one

When I announced last spring that I was planning a new cutting edge garden project to mark the Coronation of King Charles III, there were the usual groans and sniping from the sisterhood. ‘Just plant a new rose’ and ‘Why not simply put a couple of extra ferns into your stumpery – he likes those’. […]

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We’re making new plans for our gardens

Has your mind been ever so slightly blown by the weather this summer?  And more importantly, what it’s done to your garden!  Laura’s front garden, our feature photo, this week, is a point in question. Obviously there is a danger of being a little too ‘knee-jerk’ about drought (or flood). but the signs are there that we […]