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New partnership - Waste Savvy Staffs

Garden Organic is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with Staffordshire County Council to help reduce the county's waste. 

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Frugal Gardening

Contents of a kitchen cupboard

It seems that some of the contents of the kitchen cupboard has escaped into the garden over the past few weeks. Whilst rummaging through some old packets of spice seeds, Anton decided to look to see what he could grow...

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A house full of plants

A house full of plants

Plants bring a home to life and with a few tips and tricks they will soon become part of the family. No garden, no problem. Living in rented digs and moving frequently? The houseplant is your access to having an indoor garden.

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On the Allotment with Lucy Shepherd

On the Allotment - Watching with pride

After Lucy's false start earlier in May, her and the children are now feeling great about getting out on the allotment this week and putting some more veggies in the ground!

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podcast organic gardening

June podcast - summer tasks

We discuss watering, growing tomatoes and dealing with summer pests the organic way.

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Frugal Gardening

All the things we haven’t paid for

This week Anton does a stock take of some of the food plants that he has managed to grow without money exchanging hands: by saving seeds, tubers, bulbs or any other way that plants choose to reproduce.

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On the Allotment with Lucy Shepherd

On the Allotment - In the ground

After a fantastic hot weekend, the weather has turned cold again for Lucy. She is out in the garden trying to protect her veg. Of special importance are the three HSL pre-accessions that are now all out in the ground!

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Frugal Gardening

Frugal Gardening - Making your potting compost go a little further

The weather has played its usual psychological tricks on us this season...

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Starting to grow blog - The inner gardener

Starting to grow - Is this the end?

Julie's back with her fourth blog - The Inner Gardener, from her 'Starting to Grow' series. Julie's precious seedlings are ready to migrate from the windowsill to the outside world, but are they really ready yet? Or would a temporary greenhouse be a suitable half-way house?!

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organic gardening podcast No Dig

'Unpruned' podcast - Charles Dowding on No Dig

Tune in to the latest in our series of 'Unpruned' podcasts.  Our guest this month is Charles Dowding, a great advocate of the No Dig technique.

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