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‘Someday We’ll Linger In The Sun’ is a beautiful song by the wonderful fiddle player Gaelynn Lea.It is this lack …
Apple Tree Pruning Made Simple
Pruning apple trees (pruning anything!) can fill people with dread. But don’t let it worry you – pruning is great fun! At this time of year it is a fantastic moment to get your woolly hat on, grab your pruning tools and go and sort out the fruit trees in your garden. But what steps do you have to take? Here is our simple, step by step guide, to apple tree pruning in winter… Where Do I Start? You start by making sure you have sharp, decent secateurs, the are clean and disinfected. The secateurs can be red-handled Felco, or …
Jekka McVicar (the Wonderful)
In July we were invited to visit Jekka’s Herb Farm and herbetum, a fantastic nursery just North of Bristol run by the wonderful Jekka McVicar. It is the first time we had met her, although we bought her book ‘Jekka’s Complete Herb Book’ many years ago now (along with over 1 million other people who have a copy….) and it was an absolute pleasure – she is funny, down-to-earth and interested in how she can help you learn more about herbs, a group of plants that don’t always get the air time ornamentals and fruit and vegetables are allowed. Here …
5 Gardening Books For Your Bookshelf
Gardening Books That You Really Must Have Close By For Reference: A) Dream Plants for the Natural Garden B) Jekka’s Complete Herb Book C) The Well-Tempered Garden D) The Well-Tended Perennial Garden E) Digging Deep in the Garden You can read more about our favourite books and quickly soak up the best ideas gardening has to offer, by checking out some of the books we have reviewed at Modern Mint…. Click here to check out the book reviews.