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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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Grow your own potatoes


1170189341 5f6wn M Grow your own potatoesGarden centres are bracing themselves for another grow your own boom this year as people look to cut weekly food costs.

It’s a topic that our north east gardener and horticulturist Paul Travis-Anderson has taken up several times at euvue’s garden section – and now we have gone one better.

We have produced a home gardening

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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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Bloodgood Halloween


1071308855 qiWyB S Bloodgood HalloweenGARDENER WARNING….GARDENER WARNING……..GARDENER WARNING……

At this time of year, many of our trees and plants take on their autumnal colouring.

Some of the most vibrant and rich leaves can be found on the Acer red-foliaged plants and many are sold under names such as ‘Atropurpureum’ and ‘Bloodgood’.

It seems appropriate therefore to warn gardeners not

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School project blossoms


1044572640 tcPaS S School project blossomsA small school project has blossomed into one of North Tyneside’s best kept secrets thanks to a handful of budding gardeners.

Green-fingered pupils from Valley Gardens Middle School in Whitley Bay started their ‘art garden’ back in Spring this year.

And the former barren site is now looking a lot more

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Buddleia, Bees and Butterflies


987935207 ZuHeL S Buddleia, Bees and ButterfliesGet a buzz from your outdoor space and give nature a helping hand.
It is easy to encourage wildlife in to your outdoor space by choosing the right flowering, foliage and fruiting plants.

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Summer lawn maintenance, problems, pests and my recommendations.


968318034 pG2QE S Summer lawn maintenance, problems, pests and my recommendations.The lawn will be growing quickly now and you should be cutting at least twice a week to maintain a compact tidy lawn which will also help with weed control. In hot dry weather you should raise the height of cut on your lawn mower to avoid the grass being scorched and

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