Hedging your bets (or betting your hedges)

Buy British

julian — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:52:20 +0000

This probably entirely inappropriate and anti-Eu and politically incorrect and so on, but the thought struck me that if we all deliberately went out of our way to buy British produce, products and, yes, plants we would keep more people in this country in employment and maybe go some way to protecting the “fragile recovery”. [...]

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Get the ground ready now for when you buy lavender plants in May

julian — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:41:43 +0000

If you are planning on buying lavender plants this year here are a few tips which might help you grow them just that little bit better. 1. Don’t buy your lavender until towards the end of May. Lavender is a funny old thing – the angustifolia varieties such as Hidcote and Munstead are as tough [...]

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Free Manure – Going Quick – Wells, Somerset

Edward — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:37:44 +0000

I saw this post on the RHS forum about free used poultry bedding, straw and sawdust based. This stuff is dynamite for your garden after a year on the compost. If you live in the Wells area, have a look. Free Manure – Going Quick – Wells, Somerset is a post from: Hedging Plants & [...]

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Softwood Cutting Season and Willow Twig Brew

Edward — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:52:46 +0000

Spring is easing into a ready to be sprung position and the propagators among you will be looking forward to getting those cuttings that you were eyeing up last year off their parent plant and into your garden (having asked their rightful owner first, of course…). A list of plants suitable for softwood propagation that [...]

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Prune Your Autumn Raspberry canes!

Edward — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:45:05 +0000

Eeek! Here we are trying to come across all professional and wise and we plain forgot to mention autumn fruiting raspberry canes in our newsletter this month. So, the point was: if you have autumn fruiting raspberry canes, prune them down to the ground now to get a good crop later this year. P.S. Thanks [...]

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A jolly useful piece of plant software?

Edward — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:22:24 +0000

We’ve checked out a trial copy of a digital plant library called Horticopia here in the office – after all, not everyone here is a plant nerd and us real nerds have better things to do than answer questions and enjoy the sound of our own voices sounding smart all day.* It has all the [...]

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Which Laurel goes where?

Edward — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:53:32 +0000

At Ashridge Trees HQ, we have a very advanced system for logging all the queries that come in from our customers. Her name is Frances and we’d be in deep trouble without her, so please be nice to her when you give us a call. One question that she’s heard a few times is about [...]

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Hawthorn Hedging – Tip No 4

julian — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:38:02 +0000

We are having a nice warm autumn with just a few cold nights. If you are thinking about planting a hawthorn hedge this winter, now is a really good time to strike a blow for the good guys and go after a few weeds. Perennial weeds like bindweed, docks, thistles, dandelions, ground elder and the [...]

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Hawthorn Hedging – Tip No. 3

julian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:34:29 +0000

Another hawthorn tip for those of you who planted your quickthorn (same as hawthorn) whips last year. Hopefully you followed our instructions and cut each plant back by half when you planted it. Equally hopefully, they all survived the weird winter last year and the very dry April. (Second dry spring in a row for [...]

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Edible Hedge Plants – Sustainable Hedgerow Living in the News

julian — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:32:56 +0000

Always good to get a mention in the papers. The most recent was by Elspeth Thompson in the Sunday Telegraph, talking about edible hedge plants. Always unbiased, we think it is an excellent article, which apart from mentioning Ashridge Trees as the place to buy your edible hedge plants covers the main basics of foraging. [...]

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