Archive for 'The Gardeners Diary'
Who Else Wants Really Tasty Tomatoes?
Posted on 23. May, 2011 by Marcus.
How many times have you bought tomatoes from the supermarket and they have had no taste at all? If you want tomatoes that taste like tomatoes and you can pick daily, fresh from your garden then now is the time to be getting the plants into your garden. Top Tips for Tasty Tomatoes 1. [...]
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Now You Can Have Scented Nemesias
Posted on 23. May, 2011 by Marcus.
Nemesia Nuvo is a newer series of Nemesia that has been bred to give you a huge amount of enjoyment in your garden throughout the summer. There are 5 great colours including Blue, Carmine, Rose, White & Purple Bicolour. The popularity of Nemesia has grown in recent years as they have become more widely known [...]
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Successful Growing & Cooking with Mint
Posted on 06. May, 2011 by supplyant.
Everyone knows Spearmint, which is the one we commonly call Garden Mint and has many culinary uses. You will also recognise Peppermint that is very popular for making tea and flavouring ice-cream, chewing gum and of course toothpaste. There are are many other mints though, that you can use in your garden and try in [...]
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Time to feed your buxus
Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 by Marcus.
Is your Box hedging looking like this, a bit yellow and tired? Now is the time to feed with Vitax Q4 or “fish, blood & bone” fertiliser. Apply around the base of the plant without getting it on the foliage as it will burn. Water in well and after a couple of weeks it will [...]
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Slugs & Snails are on their way!
Posted on 02. Apr, 2011 by Marcus.
There is a lot of new tasty foliage appearing through the soil at the moment. Beware slugs and snails will be on the prowl for a meal and therefore get your slug bait or traps into action now. There is the traditional green bottle slug poison but be very careful with this if you have [...]
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The Edible Garden Show 2011 – Great Success
Posted on 22. Mar, 2011 by Marcus.
The Edible Garden Show was a great experience and we were amazed by the number of visitors as it was the first show. I was interviewed and this has been posted on YouTube. Thank you so much to all The Garden Store staff that were involved, much appreciated. Looking forward to the 2012 show, read this [...]
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Great Demos – All Day Today
Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by Marcus.
The Edible Garden Show – Day 2 We have another day of demonstrations and experts on our stand. Picture shows Ed from Charlecote Garden Store planting herbs.
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Stars of the Show
Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by Marcus.
The pigs are such characters. We all want to take one home.
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Fantastic Day – The Show was Packed!
Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by Marcus.
Today exceeded all our expectations. Doors opened at 10am and there was a great surge of customers straight away. We have purchased another till tonight to hopefully help tomorrow.
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Marcus Eyles, Owner and Writer of The Gardeners Diary
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Marcus.
Having worked in Horticulture from leaving school at 17, I have landscaped gardens, managed flower shops, looked after office plants, designed gardens and managed garden centres. I now run a small group of six Garden Stores with a great team who strive to satisfy our local gardening customers with quality plants and garden goods at [...]
