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Rotating crops: don't bother
I am not someone who readily does as they’re told. Ask my mum. You know those annoying children for whom every other sentence is “Why?” Well that’s me…
Sally Nex
Jan 24
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Plastic: your plants are better without
We’ve grown plants in plastic pots since the 1960s or thereabouts: and within that half century or so they’ve infiltrated every garden, every shed…
Sally Nex
Feb 16
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Bees, tomatoes and marigolds
Hello again! Here we are in mid-February already and I’m getting that all too familiar feeling of the year speeding up – January just drags and drags…
Sally Nex
Feb 12
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A living heritage
The best email to pop into my inbox all year is the one from the Heritage Seed Library announcing the launch of the members’ catalogue for the coming…
Sally Nex
Jan 12
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Feeding the birds... without the cost
I was joined by my little friend in the garden again yesterday. Every gardener has one: a little shadow flitting from hedge to fencepost to fork handle…
Sally Nex
Jan 26
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All change! Plus onion seedlings... and rhubarb
Hello to you all! Have you had a happy week? I am much more cheerful this weekend as the rain has dried up – at last! – so I have been out gardening all…
Sally Nex
Jan 29
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Of rain and onions
Hello everyone! How has your week been? I hope it’s been a bit drier than mine – my fingertips are permanently shrivelled into prunes it’s so wet, and…
Sally Nex
Jan 15
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Sourcing sustainable seed
Ever wondered where the seed you sow actually comes from? I always thought (as much as I thought about it at all) that it was grown and collected in…
Sally Nex
Jan 10
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A heated debate
...about raising out-of-season crops the sustainable way
Sally Nex
Feb 3
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Masterclass: How to sow tomato seed
Watch now (4 min) | Is there any act of hope quite so optimistic as sowing a seed? It never gets old: the anticipation as you place each seed on damp…
Sally Nex
Feb 4
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Garlic, beans and onions
...and waiting for spring
Sally Nex
Jan 8
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Greenery...
...and living a growing life
Sally Nex
Jan 1
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