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Articles from 10th Sep 2011
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Graham Porter Gardening: Diary
Sep 10 2011 | Gardening Tips
HOLME VALLEY Chrysanthemum, Dahlia and Vegetable Society Annual Open Show – Armitage’s Pennine Garden Centre once again hosts this annual spectacle on Saturday and Sunday September 24 and 25 from 2.15pm on Saturday, with sale of blooms at 3.15pm on Sunday. With more than 40 classes of flowers and vegetables to see, it is always a fabulous show. Call the secretary Mr J M Jozefow on 01484 764094 for more details and a show schedule. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening: Tips on bulbs, lawns and how to protect plants from the cold
Sep 10 2011 | Gardening Tips
Treat yourself to some prepared hyacinth bulbs now and you might have them in flower for Christmas. Read
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Graham Porter Gardening: Plants of the Week
Sep 10 2011 | Gardening Tips
FOR those of you that have been harvesting and clearing some of your spring and summer grown vegetables over recent weeks, you might now be staring at bare ground and wondering what you might do with it between now and next springtime. Read
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Graham Porter Gardening: Your fruit and vegetable weekly update
Sep 10 2011 | Gardening Tips
1 Vegetables – start your autumn digging if you have a heavy soil. Leave the roots of any leguminous crops in the ground when you are clearing old crops for the nitrogen nodules. Search out supplies of autumn planted vegetables such as onions, garlic, peas and broad beans. Read
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Graham Porter Gardening: Getting compost right and pruning apples
Sep 10 2011 | Gardening Tips
THIS month’s questions have nothing to do with the strange summer weather or the dry spring or the cold winter, but reflect the sort of gardening issues that we all experience from time to time. Read
