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Posted on August 16, 2011 by Tim Milward
If you're looking for something a little bit different this year, be sure to take a look at our New Bulbs for 2011.
This Autumn's range will be available in August and contains many varieties which haven't been available in the UK before. We've also added to our range of Allium bulbs, which are very much [...]
This post was posted in Bulbs, News and was tagged with 2011, allium, Bulbs, new, tulips
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Posted on October 22, 2010 by Tim Milward
Bayer Garden are launching a new range of Natural Garden Care products in time for the 2011 spring season. The Natria range contain natural active ingredients which are at least as effective if not more so than their chemical equivalents.
Finally, a leading manufacturer has put together a group of effective, natural products and labelled them [...]
This post was posted in Pests and Diseases, Plant Care, Weedkillers and was tagged with bayer garden, natural, organic
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Posted on August 27, 2010 by Tim Milward
To produce the best garden compost, each bag needs to contain a mix of nitrogen rich waste (such as grass cuttings) and courser carbon rich material (such as small twigs, cuttings, bark or even shredded newspaper).
Most vegetable waste can be composted for your garden, but do not try to compost meat or cooked food as [...]
This post was posted in Equipment and was tagged with compost, composting, how to
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Posted on August 22, 2010 by Tim Milward
As you're probably the weather towards the end of last year and most of this year hasn't been 'typical' of the British climate. This has had a knock on effect for the bulb harvest this Autumn.
Although in the first half of the year, the season was running about 3 weeks behind normal, nature has caught [...]
This post was posted in Bulbs, News and was tagged with autumn, Bulbs, crocus, daffodils, narcissi, tulips
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Posted on August 1, 2010 by Tim Milward
You might not think of daddy long legs as a regular garden pest, but their larvae; leatherjackets can cause real problems in your lawn. The leatherjacket grub feeds on the roots of your grass causing yellow or brown patches which are often blamed on drought, dogs or wildlife.
Symptoms and Clues
Close up of a leatherjacket
Brown or [...]
This post was posted in Lawn Care, Pests and Diseases and was tagged with daddy long legs, grass, Lawn Care, leatherjackets, pests
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Posted on July 10, 2010 by Tim Milward
As part of our comprehensive grow your own category, Plant Me Now have a full range of vegetable seeds. We review our seeds each year to make sure we're always up to date and offering something new and also something a little different.
For the 2010/2011 season, we'll be stocking among other seeds a full range [...]
This post was posted in News and was tagged with grow, seeds, vegetable seeds, vegetables
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Posted on June 21, 2010 by Tim Milward
This year we've overhauled our range of daffodil bulbs opting for larger bulb sizes and more than doubling the number of available varieties.
Larger Bulbs
We've opted to delist the smaller bags of daffodil bulbs we've sold in the past. The large bulbs we now stock in the 2kg bags will produce better, bigger flowers in comparison [...]
This post was posted in Bulbs and was tagged with Bulbs, daffodil bulbs, daffodils, new
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Posted on June 20, 2010 by Tim Milward
We've added 3 new value bags to our bulb range this year. If you're looking for more than just a small packet of bulbs, our value bags are great value for money.
Tete a Tete Bulbs
Our tete a tete value bags contain 35 bulbs. These bulbs are graded between 10 and 11 so are a good [...]
This post was posted in Bulbs and was tagged with Bulbs, daffodils, snowdrops, tete a tete
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Posted on June 18, 2010 by Tim Milward
This Autumn we've chosen 18 new varieties to be included in a 'Star Buy' range of Spring flowering bulbs.
These Star Buys include some of our best performers and at £3.95 are great value for money. We've made sure all the bulbs are a good size and grade so flower quality isn't compromised for price.
Included in [...]
This post was posted in Bulbs and was tagged with Bulbs, crocus, daffodils, narcissi, snowdrops, tulips
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Posted on June 15, 2010 by Tim Milward
With the weather warm but the ground still wet, the slug population are about in force. There's a number of different slug killers and slug control products on the market today so here's a quick run down on my top 4 along with why and when they're best used.
1. Organic Slug Pellets
Certified as organic by [...]
This post was posted in Pests and Diseases and was tagged with pests, slug bail, slug control, slugs