Oct
2009
Articles from 31st Oct 2009
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Weekend gardening: make a difference to hedgehog population
Oct 31 2009 | Gardening Tips
MAKE a Difference Day – today is CSV Make a Difference Day and all across Britain the Community Service Volunteers in association with the British Hedgehog Preservation Society are trying to make a difference to the hedgehog populations after their dramatic decline over the last 60 years. Read
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Weekend gardening: top tips
Oct 31 2009 | Gardening Tips
Has your garden got enough autumn colour? Visit garden centres and gardens now to see good examples for you to consider. Read
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Weekend Gardening: the history of pumpkins and Halloween
Oct 31 2009 | Gardening Tips
TOMORROW is All Saints’ Day and it is from this ancient religious festival that our current Halloween celebrations began. Read
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Weekend gardening: how to prune apple trees
Oct 31 2009 | Gardening Tips
Apple pruning – now that autumn has taken its rightful place in our gardens, we can get on with giving our apple trees a good prune to help encourage the right sort of wood to produce a good crop next year and in subsequent years. Read
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Weekend gardening: results of germination tests on packet seeds
Oct 31 2009 | Gardening Tips
FOLLOWING the published results of a series of tests carried by Garden Which? since February 2009 I felt that it might be useful for readers to have an insight into some of the more interesting results and the implications for amateur gardeners. Read
