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    Taking the RSPB Wild Challenge: spotting signs of spring and sowing sunflowers

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Growing sunflowers with children

Have you planted any seeds yet this year?  Now's the ideal time to get growing, and if you're looking for easy seeds to grow with children it's hard to beat sunflowers.As well as producing ...

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#SpringBlooms fun with Dobbies Garden Centres

Well the weather has finally decided to behave like spring, hurrah!Now that things have started to warm up, you can really get cracking on some fun family gardening projects.  Dobbies Garden ...

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Kitting your kids out for spring adventures

Now that spring is finally here, a lot of you are probably getting busy kitting your family out for the warmer weather.  We're in the process of going through the kids' wardrobes, checking what still ...

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What to plant now – Container Vegetables

So we’re into April - which means the growing season is well and truly underway and you can really get cracking with sowing seeds.You may not have an allotment or a large vegetable plot in the ...

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RSPB signs of spring

Taking the RSPB Wild Challenge: spotting signs of spring and sowing sunflowers

Last year we had a great time partnering with RSPB on family-friendly activities that would help to give nature a home in our garden.  You might remember that we planted wildflower seeds, grew flowers ...

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My top weed control tips

Weeds: the garden problem we all love to hate, right? Whatever type, size or style of garden you ...

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Interior lighting: how to get it right

How early in an interior design project do you consider the lighting?  I suspect we’re all a little ...

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Hozelock Plant A Pot campaign

Helping Britain’s bees with the Hozelock #PlantAPot campaign

You’re probably already aware that bees are in trouble, with numbers and species in quite dramatic ...

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Giving nature a home in our garden: sowing wildflowers

 If you’re a regular reader, you’ll be aware that we’re joining forces with the ...

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The kit you really need for growing seeds

We may still be trying to wave goodbye to winter, but if you’re even remotely green-fingered your ...

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Review & Giveaway: RHS I Can Grow a Sunflower

If you’re a regular visitor to my blog you’ll know that getting children into gardening is a passion ...

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Tips for preserving your homegrown harvest

Whether you have an allotment, a small vegetable patch, or a couple of fruit trees in your ...

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Free plants – how to divide perennials

Does your garden have holes in it at the moment?  Not actual holes in the ground you understand, but ...

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What to plant now – March

The arrival of March really is the start of the growing season in my mind - even if the weather ...

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I’m Catherine, mum, wife, writer and fan of wellies. We love exploring, creating and growing things and my blog shares ideas, inspiration and tips for making the most of busy family life, indoors and out.

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