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Autumn / automne Compost / Compost Handy Hints / Astuces Making compost / Comment faire du compost Planting / Plantation

Handy Hint – Compost for cuttings / Astuce – Terreau pour boutures

Version en français en bas de la page … If you use a water-filter jug instead of buying bottled water, do you worry about throwing away the used filters? This handy hint shows you how to recycle their contents. The filter material, which is a mixture of sand and charcoal, when mixed with any commercial […]

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Autumn / automne Pruning buddleias / Taille de buddleias Pruning trees and shrubs / Taille d'arbres et d'arbustes

Taille de buddleias en automne / Pruning Buddleias in Autumn

Il existe deux options pour la taille de vos buddleias. Dans cet article on va voir la taille d’automne.
There are two options for pruning your buddleias. In this article we’re going to look at autumn pruning.

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Autumn / automne Fruit trees Handy Hints / Astuces Insects / Les insectes Tried & Tested / Essayé et testé

Solabiol Glue bands / Solabiol Bande de glu

Tried and Tested – Tree Glue Bands from Solabiol.
Essayé et testé – Bande de glu de Solabiol

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Autumn / automne Compost / Compost Mulching / Paillage Planting / Plantation Planting trees / Planter des arbres

Planting trees and shrubs / Planter des arbres et des arbustes

Voir la version en français en bas de la page … Article updated / mis à jour le : Why we need to plant trees With our changing climatic conditions planting trees and shrubs is going to become even more important for the environment, so if you have the space in your garden, find some […]

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Autumn / automne Autumn leaves / Les feuilles mortes d'automne Fruit trees Plant diseases / Maladies de plantes

Fungal diseases of fruit trees / Maladies fongiques des arbres fruitiers

Leaf diseases on fruit trees are all caused by airborne fungal spores. Prevention by natural products is essential. Les maladies du feuillage des arbres fruitiers sont toutes causées par des spores fongiques véhiculées par l’air. La prévention à l’aide de produits naturels est essentielle.

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Autumn / automne Compost / Compost Geraniums / Géraniums

Overwintering geraniums / Comment faire hiverner les géraniums

Version en français en bas de la page … It is possible to successfully keep geraniums over the winter. The somewhat contradictory aims are to keep the plants dry, but not too dry and to put them into hibernation whilst keeping them alive. First, lift them carefully from the pot or planter and remove as […]

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Autumn leaves / Les feuilles mortes d'automne Making compost / Comment faire du compost Mulching / Paillage Planting / Plantation

Mulching / Paillage

As we are having drier summers it is becoming more and more useful to mulch borders and beds.
Avec des étés plus secs, il devient de plus en plus utile de pailler les bordures et les plates-bandes.

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Autumn / automne Autumn leaves / Les feuilles mortes d'automne Leafmould / Le terreau de feuilles mortes

Autumn leaves / Les feuilles mortes d’automne

Article updated / mis à jour le : Version en français en bas de la page … Autumn leaves Why clear dead leaves from a lawn? This morning I made a start on clearing the leaves that have already fallen on two of the lawns in the garden. If dead leaves are left on the […]

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Autumn / automne Handy Hints / Astuces Plant diseases / Maladies de plantes Planting / Plantation

Handy hint / Astuce – Mildew/Mildiou

Version en français en bas de la page … Old tomato, pea and courgette plants With all the recent rain, certain plants, especially tomatoes, will be rotting and mildewed if they’re still in the veg patch. Mildew is a fungal disease present in the air. It spreads easily among plants. When you dig them up, […]

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Autumn / automne Bird table / Mangeoire à oiseaux Wild birds / Oiseaux sauvages

Making a Bird Table / Fabriquer une mangeoire à oiseaux

Why have a bird table? It’s very important to feed the birds from autumn onwards and sometimes even all year round if there’s insufficient wild food around.I decided to modify last years bird table by putting a roof on it so that the food can be kept dry to avoid it going mouldy, as there’s […]