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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
Make a No Dig, Perennial Garden
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Make a No Dig, Perennial Garden

Densley planted perennials make the easiest care, best looking gardens of all. Herbs, picking flowers, nectar/ pollen rich flowers for bees and beneficials, fruit, natives - you name it!, jam them all in together for a garden that beats out weeds, flowers year round and provides food and medicine. Beautiful
01 May 2022 3 min read
bee on verbena bonaresis
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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
corn seedlings growing in toliet rolls
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Raising Really Good Seedlings

Really good seedlings are an important part of an abundant garden. If your seedlings are strong and healthy, the grown ups will be too. It takes a bit of dedication to pull off, but its so wonderful to watch seeds curl up out of the soil and to grow into
31 Aug 2015 6 min read
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