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Euvue North East Gardener Out and About


Paul Saltwell S Euvue North East Gardener Out and AboutEuvue’s North East Gardener Paul Travis Anderson took time out from his busy schedule to present a talk to the members of the Friends of Saltwell Park, Gateshead over the weekend.

Offering advice on gardening preparations for the Spring,and demonstrating how to plant

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Get composting this autumn


comp2 S Get composting this autumnResidents in County Durham are being urged to get composting this autumn.

Durham County Council is launching an autumn composting campaign to encourage people to recycle their garden waste.

Rachel Gatland, waste strategy and policy officer at Durham County Council, said: “At this time of year people are thinking about tidying up the garden and it’s an ideal time to start

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Caught in the Act


Squirrell Thief Caught In The S Caught in the ActOver the months of winter we launched a campaign to feed our feathered friends during the time when their food was scarce.

Naturally the team at euVue participated and have continued to do so through the Spring, and fingers crossed leading into our coming Summer.

It is worth remembering that our varied varieties of

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Hats off for North East Gardener


Big garden party S Hats off for North East GardenerNorth East Gardener Paul Travis Anderson was forced to change hats when he gave ten different displays of flower arranging in hanging baskets at Dobbies, Birtley over the weekend.

Known throughout the North East for his Western styled or Australian bush type hat (and never photographed

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North East Gardener meets the Arizona Giants


1201204296 Y4Tu9 S North East Gardener meets the Arizona GiantsI’ve just returned from a fact finding tour of the States and encountered the Wild West in all its ‘old glory’.
‘The Saguaro’ grows very slowly only one inch per year, although these giants can grow up to 50 feet tall.
Some of these

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Essential Gardening


1186248095 2AL56 S Essential GardeningNorth East Gardener Paul Travis Anderson has over the last year advocated the advantages of ‘growing your own’ produce, even to the extent of offering advice on the subject in his DVD’s.

Like a carpenter would get the best tools for his trade it is essential that when working in the garden you treat yourself

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Your February Garden


1180253741 fPFyU S Your February GardenThings to do in the garden in February

Lawns

The lawn care season starts this month. If the conditions are mild and the temperature starts to rise above freezing, worm casts will start to appear. These should be brushed away using a firm brush or a besom broom when the conditions are dry enough. In mild conditions the grass

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Viburnham beetle tops garden pest list


1161594265 9m7Aw S Viburnham beetle tops garden pest listThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced its top ten pest-related enquiries received by its Advisory Service. Each year the charity’s entomologists add up all the enquiries they have answered and produce a list of the ten most troublesome pests. In most years slugs and snails have topped this list but in 2010

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North East gardener digs in for a new year of gardening pleasure


761689957 ZRMro S North East gardener digs in for a new year of gardeningOur North East Gardener Paul Travis-Anderson has been showing his artistic side recently as our picture shows.

He can always find something to keep him busy in the garden as his attempt at a look-a-like snowman shows, carefully built during the recent spell

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Cover up your Camellia’s


782035508 XDpq5 S Cover up your CamelliasNow that the snow is upon us the majority of our gardens look the same, however you may have noticed that if you have that hardy evergreen shrub Camellia japonica in your garden you will still have a winter colouring.

Camellias are frost hardy outdoor plants, although they should be grown in a sheltered position in dabbled

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