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Get climbing
Get climbing
8:42am Fri 4 Apr 08
EARLIER this week, I spent some time helping a friend to put up some new trellis, on a north-east facing wall of her garden.

TV auction show comes to Lakes
9:30am Wednesday 2nd April 2008
IT'S time to clear out the attic - the popular BBC2 antiques programme Flog It! is coming.

Property entrepreneurs warned of changes in the law
4:09pm Friday 28th March 2008
COMMERCIAL property consultants Robert Pinkus & Co. are warning local property owners and entrepreneurs to key changes in the law that could leave them seriously out of pocket.

A pleasure to share
A pleasure to share
8:43am Fri 28 Mar 08
No matter how much personal satisfaction we get from growing plants, making a garden or producing quality fruit and vegetables, I suspect there's a small part of every gardener that likes to show off his or her horticultural expertise to others.
The early joy of an Italian garden
The early joy of an Italian garden
9:38am Fri 21 Mar 08
I'VE never been on a city break' before and, thinking that three days of uninterrupted Roman ruins, basilicas and Bernini fountains might be too much of a good thing, I arranged to visit some gardens that I'd heard a lot about, at a place called Ninfa, 45 miles to the south east of Rome.
The beauty of bulbs...
The beauty of bulbs...
9:30am Fri 14 Mar 08
DAFFODILS are always a cheery and welcome sight in early spring but I must confess that, by the time they have been out for a week or so, I'm ready for something a bit more subtle.

Mortgage customers and savers benefit
4:14pm Friday 7th March 2008
A LOCAL building society has announced it will be passing on a reduction in the Bank of England base rate to its variable mortgage rate customers, as well as pledging to return around £800,000 to its savers.

Internet flower power
10:49am Friday 7th March 2008
FLOWER fans from across the globe can witness the Lake District's famous annual display of daffodils from the comfort of their homes, this spring.

Time to spread your compost
Time to spread your compost
8:34am Fri 7 Mar 08
KEITH and I spent a satisfying and constructive morning last weekend emptying out the compost bin, spreading well-rotted compost beneath raspberry canes and on beds and borders throughout the garden.
From Mexico with love!
From Mexico with love!
9:23am Fri 22 Feb 08
Introduced to Europe from Mexico in the late 1700s, the dahlia quickly became a popular plant in English gardens.

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