I recently made marmalade from the fruit on my Calamondine plant; click here for the details, but at this time of the year there are lots of produce in your garden which can be preserved. Here are a few recipes to get you going:
Monthly Archives: October 2009
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Television presenter Kate Humble has been appointed as President of the RSPB. We hope that Kate’s infectious enthusiasm for wildlife and wild places will inspire millions of people to get closer to nature.
Winter can be a charming and colorful time in our gardens and planters, thanks to winter flowering plants.
Flower Carpet Red Velvet a ground cover rose; a lovely bright red with a yellow centre with glossy, rich green foliage and it really catches the eye. Cynara scolymus or Cardoon an architectural plant growing up to 180cm (6ft) tall.
Calamondine is probably the most hardy citrus tree available in the UK and due to it’s small size makes an ideal citrus tree for any home. They also make great Christmas present particularly if they are in fruit.
With the summers days having come to a close and the autumn winds getting evermore brisk, the time has come to get our gardens ready for winter so they don’t get damaged by wind, rain and snow.