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By loujnicholls Posted on January 3, 2021

Jobs for January

What can be better than soaking up a bit of winter sun in your own back garden, here’s a few things to do in January. With handy links to “How to” on Wisteria and Apple pruning

Categories: How to, UncategorizedTags: Garden, How to, january, Jobs, To do
By loujnicholls Posted on January 1, 2021

Happy New year!

Happy New Year indeed and here’s hoping its easier than last year eh! I’ve taken a moment to review my thoughts on 2020, my feelings, successes and my less successful moments. Most important to me though are my thoughts for the futures of gardens and how we as gardeners can really make a difference to everyone’s lives…

Categories: Garden visits, Reviews, UncategorizedTags: future, Gardens, Happy New Year, Review
By loujnicholls Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020

Speaker lineup!

For those of you have already subscribed to the Adventures in Horticulture Garden Club here is the lineup for speakers over the next few months!

Categories: Events, UncategorizedTags: education, Garden diary, lectures, Speakers, talks, zoom talks
By loujnicholls Posted on August 15, 2020

The trouble with tomatoes…

When our wonderful Tomato plants started dying at work we had to work out the cause. Was it Pest and Disease or was it weedkiller damage, maybe?
How did we solve the problem?

Categories: How to, UncategorizedTags: cause, compost, dying, Pest and disease, plant, problems, sick, tomato, Tomatoe
By loujnicholls Posted on July 25, 2020

I had an Idea!

With garden clubs still a bit of a no go for us all I had an idea of how I could bring Zoom talks, How to videos and a monthly email, Q&A session to you all without putting any of my blog content behind a paywall and still answering questions on Twitter…

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Garden clubs, How to, Ko-fi, Patreon, Review, zoom talks
By loujnicholls Posted on June 21, 2020

How to divide Iris

Is your Bearded Iris reluctant to flower or congested? This quick “How to” guide will give you the confidence to chop yours up and start again!

Categories: How to, UncategorizedTags: Bearded Iris, divide, Flowers, How to, Iris, Propagate, propagation
By loujnicholls Posted on May 27, 2020

Searching for Iris

Bearded Iris are superstars of our gardens, their elegant flowers have been gracing our borders for well over a century and luring us to try and extend their range of colours but what happens when you forget the name or inherit a beauty?
Here’s what I did…

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Flowers, Garden, How to, Iris, learning
By loujnicholls Posted on May 2, 2020

May… I have your attention please?

With lockdown continuing for all of us take a moment to see our hard work at Ulting Wick courtesy of the NGS film crew, its the closest we can get to having you visit! Stay safe and continue looking after each other ❤

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Charity, Film crew, Garden, NGS, NGS gardens
By loujnicholls Posted on April 11, 2020

April showers or dry as a bone?

Catching up after my bout of the lurgy, Feeling anxious, growing veg and fighting a losing battle with clay soil. This is how my April is going, how about you?

Categories: UncategorizedTags: allotment, April, Garden, gardening, How to, Vegetable, vegetable gardening
By loujnicholls Posted on March 8, 2020March 8, 2020

What March brings!

A quick look at what we will be doing in the garden in March at Ulting Wick, weather permitting, and a few ideas for yourself at home. Sowing seeds, veg gardening and hoping for a bit more sunshine!

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Garden, gardening, growing, Kitchen garden, March, seeds, sowing, Veg, Vegetable, weather
By loujnicholls Posted on January 19, 2020

Product Review – Empathy Bulb Starter

The wonders of friendly Fungi! Its taken a year to trial this product and I cant tell you how glad I am that its been such an amazing success having lost so many bulbs in previous years. Find out exactly what I did with the Bulb Starter packs from Empathy…

Categories: Reviews, UncategorizedTags: bulbs, fungi, mycorrhiza, products, Review, Snowdrop, success
By loujnicholls Posted on January 12, 2020

Snowdrops galore!

What better than a walk through crisp, cold woodlands, your breath coming out in clouds and the tip of your nose tingling, with the added delight of a carpet of pure white flowers shivering in the breeze for as far as the eye can see… come and join the Galanthophiles and learn the joys of snowdrops!

Categories: UncategorizedTags: Calendar, days, Events, galanthophile, galanthus, Gardens, Nurseries, Snowdrop, talks, walks

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