Love My Garden

Gardening blog featuring a medium sized traditional English garden with mature trees, shrubs, lawn, herbaceous borders, vegetable patch, greenhouse and containers. All photos have been taken in my garden.

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Avoiding Carrot Root Fly

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Growing your own carrots is easy and rewarding - nothing beats the sweet taste of freshly lifted young carrots. There are many varieties of ...

Friday, 10 June 2011

Conserving Water in the Garden

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This has been an unusually dry spring and some parts of the country are officially in drought. We all need to think about how we are using w...

Monday, 6 June 2011

Oriental Poppies

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June is the month that my Oriental Poppy (Papaver Orientale) comes into flower. Oriental Poppies are really spectacular when in flower, the ...

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Growing Tomatoes using the Ring Culture Method

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Each year I like to grow a few tomatoes. My favourite variety is 'Gardener's Delight' which produces lots of small sweet fruits....

Thursday, 26 May 2011

Perennial Geraniums

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These are hardy perennial plants and should not be confused with the bedding and pot varieties whose correct botanical name is pelargonium....

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Herbs in Pots

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Growing fresh herbs for culinary use is a very satisfying part of gardening. My herbs are grown in individual pots rather than in the main b...

Friday, 13 May 2011

Zephirine Drouhin - The Thornless Rose

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One of my favourite roses is Zephirine Drouhin, a Bourbon climbing rose. This is an old variety introduced in 1898. It grows to about 9 feet...

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Jeanne: I first became interested in gardening when I was 10 years old. Part of our rear garden was designated as a vegetable patch and I earned my pocket money by helping dad to dig it over and plant our vegetables. Dad gave me a small area to grow my own veg and I planted herbs and strawberries. These are still favourites for me to grow in my own garden today. I love gardening. It's such fun to create different looks and experiment with different plants. My garden is not a manicured show garden but I love it and everything in it. There is a good variety of plants which I'm always looking to expand. I cannot visit a garden centre without buying something. The problem is I don't always think about where I can fit it in until after I've bought it. The garden is always evolving and changing and will never be finished - that's the beauty of gardening. My favourite time is when I've mowed the lawn and finished weeding and tidying and I can sit down with a nice glass of wine or a long cold beer and just relax and enjoy the fruits of my labour.

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