Working off My Seasonal Excesses

January 16th, 2011

Happy New Year to all our of gardening friends – we’re looking forward to spending a little more time with you all this year and sharing some of our experiences with you.
Working off my seasonal excesses, with some time in the garden.
Christmas seems like a long time ago now, then I look at my waistline [...]

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We weren’t expecting to be talking about snow in the garden just yet…

December 9th, 2010

A typical late November and early December in the garden, for me at least, involves wrapping up warmly, donning my wellies and taking a stroll around with a warm cup of coffee, just giving everything a once over. Tidying up, attending to the little things I’ve missed or forgotten about and planning for the year [...]

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Prepare Your Garden For Winter

November 1st, 2010

Well if you haven’t got your winter boots out yet, you know it’s definitely time to, we’re seeing a fair bit of rain now and it’s all getting a bit damp underfoot. We’ve got some really nice funky wellies, which are ideal Christmas presents for your gardening friends and don’t forget if you buy [...]

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Gardening and Royal Horticultural Society Shows and Events 2010

July 17th, 2010

It all starts in April 2010 at…
RHS Show Cardiff 16th to 20th April 2010
Warm and dry weather in April in Wales! – meant more than 20,000 attended, 15 per cent up from the expected 17,000.
This was a great start to the years events, with all manner of challenges, a green activists’ protest, Icelandic volcano [...]

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Our guide to the top five outdoor garden games and entertainment

July 10th, 2010

Not that we needed an excuse to get outside and in the sun, we just needed a reason to make it during work time
So we decided to try out some outdoor games we have here so that we could create our very own favourite list.
We decided to rate them on three things, how much fun [...]

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Three excellent ways to profit from your own garden

May 22nd, 2010

Financially
The great thing about keeping and growing your own is that it not only saves you money, it also frees you from the worry of future fluctuating prices!
The cost of our fresh produce has been steadily rising, and just today it was reported that inflation is above it’s target at well over 3% per annum. [...]

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Gardenxtras Gardeners World Live photo competition

April 28th, 2010

Making it easier to achieve your ideal garden
The right action at the right time leads to your ideal garden. So we’ve started this new blog and will, over this year, create a comprehensive calendar every month for you to use.
Spring has finally sprung and all the ideas and thoughts about what you’ve wanted to do [...]

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Garden accessories, Garden furniture, Patio furniture, Plant supports and Garden bird care

April 9th, 2010

Welcome to GardenXtras. We can fulfil all your garden requirements from garden accessories to garden furniture, patio furniture, plant supports and garden bird care.

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