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Companions

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My Favourite Perennial Companions
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My Favourite Perennial Companions

Perennials are the backbone of our garden because they stay put, unlike annuals who pop in and out - even in a no dig garden, every day is moving day - pull a carrot, lever out a leek... In the quiet, undisturbed space beneath perennials, soil life set up home
01 May 2023 5 min read
A Useful, Yet Oh So Beautiful Herbal Border
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A Useful, Yet Oh So Beautiful Herbal Border

A food garden is a cooperative happening. The gardener, the soil, the weather (lets not forget the weather!) and the companions. Those companions are the icing on the cake - they bring it altogether. Today is all about them, specifically herbs, and how irreplaceable they are in your food garden
30 Sep 2017 2 min read
A Planting Plan to Entice the Beneficial Insects
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A Planting Plan to Entice the Beneficial Insects

Prepare to be amazed at the amount of larvae gobbling, pest destroying action going on around you in the micro. Beneficial insects keep your garden sorted. There's an army on your side: parasitic wasps, hoverflies, various bees and ladybirds, praying mantis, spiders, dragonflies, assassin bugs, lacewings, a variety
01 Mar 2016 3 min read
Mineral Rich Comfrey: A Garden Essential!
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Mineral Rich Comfrey: A Garden Essential!

31 Aug 2013 3 min read
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