Jun
2009
Articles from 30th Jun 2009
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Graham Porter on gardening jobs to do: winter vegetables
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
1 Winter Vegetables – if you have not done so already, this week is a good time to get all winter brassicas and leeks planted to ensure a good crop of winter cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflowers, purple sprouting broccoli and leeks. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening diary June 27th
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
` Summer garden visits – if you are heading down to South Wales for a seaside holiday this summer, can I suggest that you come off the M4 Motorway just after Swansea and visit the National Botanical Garden of Wales, near Carmarthen. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening column, delphiniums
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
THIS summer spectacle is an extravagant member of the buttercup family and, amazingly, originates in its wild forms, from mountainous regions of the world. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening column talks roses
Jun 30 2009 | Gardening Tips
THIS quotation – "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" – from a speech by Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was reportedly meant as a dig at the Rose Theatre which was a local rival to The Globe Theatre in London as apparently its sanitary arrangements were less than satisfactory. Read
