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Featured Blogger: Undercover With Bob Flowerdew
A delight with any greenhouse or conservatory is to have the air full of that most delicious perfume Jasmine. Also known as (Sweet) Jessamine. Or rather perfumes for there are dozens of species and varieties, some hardy and many others … [ Read More ]
My greenhouse gets pretty gruesome towards the end of the season. Mine had become quite off-puttingly jungly, filled with collapsed stems, rotten tomatoes and a thriving community of snails. So the other morning I poured myself a big, steaming mug … [ Read More ]
Featured Blogger: Matthew Biggs Diary
What – its December already? I can’t believe it! It seems that time passes more rapidly every year. Perhaps it’s my age – surely not; it’s just that there is so much to do and so little time! November was … [ Read More ]
As someone who would fix an engine and always have a screw left over, removing the end of the greenhouse then fixing it back on again after retaining wall had been built, nearby filled me with trepidation. Hartley Botanic kindly … [ Read More ]
Greenhouse enthusiasts could be advised to encourage extra biodiversity in their gardens after research suggested that wild bees may be even more crucial for pollination than their honeybee counterparts. Researchers at the East Malling Research station in Kent grew blackcurrant … [ Read More ]
Hartley greenhouse holds back the years One of our greenhouse installers had a surprise when he took a replacement pane out to a customer recently, when he found the Hartley greenhouse he was working on dated back to 1965. The … [ Read More ]
How to Growing Tomatoes If you have any questions please leave a comment below, or alternatively on our YouTube Channel Below is a Transcript of this video Growing tomatoes is a very profitable thing to do and very easy. I recommend … [ Read More ]
Greenhouse enthusiasts might be interested to learn that the Friends of Marine Cove gardens in Burnham-on-Sea is hoping to find a green-fingered youngster to take over the reigns of its seafront patches. The Cove’s community gardener Jacqui Strong told Burnham-on-Sea.com … [ Read More ]
It’s been a mellow and mild autumn, and I have been tricked into not quite believing it would ever turn cold. This is a handy state of denial if you own a greenhouse, as lining the walls and doors for … [ Read More ]
Greenhouse enthusiasts might be interested to learn that some of the large areas of lawn in London’s most famous parks are being left to grow under a new management regime. Chief executive of Royal Parks Mark Camley – who is … [ Read More ]
