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  • Here be Dragons

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It was a gorgeous sunny day and what better way to spend it than to pick a local garden centre and head down to see what was on offer. It …

  • A Border for Squash

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Up until now, border work has involved either restoring borders, such as the side border, or expanding and revamping existing borders, such as that front border. The other day, I …

  • The Side Border

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    “The Side Border” is a short narrow border that runs along the side-access of the house. It faces south, but there’s a great big house right in the way so …

  • That Front Border

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    There is a narrow semi-circular border at the front that forms part of the in-out drive imaginatively called, “That Front Border”. When we arrived, it was planted up with a …

  • My First Wheelbarrow

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I’ve been gardening for over five years and in all that time I’ve managed without a wheelbarrow. For me, a wheelbarrow was one of those things that other people with …

  • Cheap Frontage Upgrade

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a detached house in possession of a long frontage, must be in want of clematis. Or so the line goes. Many people know …

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