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Sarah’s Monthly Snippets

Gardening advice and monthly tips from our Chairman, Sarah Squire.

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January Gardening Tips 2023

It was clearly a mistake to comment on the mild autumn in my December column. My goodness it was cold for a while last month. Perhaps it is a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted but here are a few of the things we do to winter proof our garden. […]

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December Gardening Tips 2022

Can it really be December already? It has been so mild that I, for one, have hardly thought about preparing for Christmas yet. But with less than four weeks to go, I had better start making lists. I am always tempted to bringing living plants into my home for the festive period and beyond, and […]

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November Gardening Tips 2022

Well, it has certainly been another mild autumn. My garden looks more like it should in September than the last week of October. We have experienced autumn rains after such a dry summer so the soil is nice and moist, making digging, planting and general gardening much easier. And, at risk of sounding like the […]

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October Gardening Tips 2022

After the solemn events of September, we slip gently into autumn properly in October, with the shortening days, the mists and the scent of the damp soil, grass and turning foliage. But autumn is a time of hope for us gardeners too. Nature’s time to plant – surely the most exciting of gardening activities. The […]

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September Gardening Tips 2022

As a child, September was all about new school shoes and fresh exercise books as the academic year began. In a way, the garden in September can be a bit like that too. It is a fresh start after the heat of the summer and a chance to plan for the seasons ahead. You don’t […]

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