One Man and his organic plot: Bumper summer harvest
August always feels like a serene month, not just in a gardening sense but also in the city and our urban areas.
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We need your support to ban garden pesticides!
Garden Organic is proud to support a new petition in parliament to ban the use of pesticides in gardens and urban areas.
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The Organic Gardening Podcast: what are bio controls and stimulants?
Join us for an in-depth look at this fascinating subject. How we can use nature, not artificial chemicals, to support our plants.
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Are you counting the butterflies?
The Big Butterfly Count is running until 8th August, 2021. It’s not too late to take part!
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Bringing heritage varieties "back from the brink"
The Heritage Seed Library growing season is well underway, including our annual growing trials of potential little gems to add to our collection.
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One man and his organic plot - Calmer waters
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Your summer listening: The Organic Gardening podcast
Tune into the latest episode of The Organic Gardening Podcast. It's full of tips for summer jobs - from weed management to looking after your plants when on holiday. Plus green manures (those remarkable do-good plants), sowing seed this month, and how to deal with the dreaded carrot fly.
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Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040 released
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June podcast is with us!
The latest episode of our award-winning The Organic Gardening Podcast is now available. Have you tuned in?
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One man and his organic plot - New challenges await
It's so good to see June in all its glory, and after a slightly testing April and May, I have been head down, bum in the air, full-on planting for the last few days. Apologise if that conjures up the wrong picture, but I'm confident that every gardener across the land knows what I'm talking about.