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Different uses for a hedge

Hedges – they’re not just for protection and privacy! Read Catharine Howard’s guest blog on the best uses for the humble hedge.Different uses for a hedgeWHY does the word hedge always make me glaze over? Hedge, bush, shrub. There now, the awful trilogy of boredom has been spat…

From Rake To Bake - Mint ÔÇÿn' Chocolate Biscuits

Welcome to Baking Blog. Each month will feature an in-season fruit or vegetable dish to make with a little bit of grow-your-own information on the side. May is perfect for making Mint n' Chocolate Biscuits. Hands up who only uses the mint in their garden for savoury dishes? Yet, it is so much more…

Begonia trial - new obsession?

Begonia Apricot Shades Improved' F1 Hybrid adds colour & dimension to every part of your gardenImage: Thompson & Morgan As part of a regular series, award-winning gardener Jean Willis explains her latest obsession with begonias and shares an honest account of the recent successes and…

Ten top YouTube gardening channels

Learn from these informative gardening YouTube channelsImage: silverkblackstock With so many sources of online gardening help, advice and information to turn to, it can be difficult to know where to start. To help you sort the good from the not so good, we've checked out a plethora of gardening…

Diary one – Sweet pea: the ‘root’ of success

As we gardeners know, there are many correct ways to do almost everything.  However, whether experienced or amateur, we are guilty of carrying on unquestioningly, just because that’s how we’ve always done it. We all get into habits over the years, but it often pays to question why we…

Tulip bulbs – Never too late for Tulips!

Some garden centres will try and sell you tulip bulbs in August, because they soon want to make space for the (too early) sales of Christmas decorations. That’s way too early for tulips though! You should reserve your bulbs by mail order, to ensure later delivery, to coincide with the best…

Poetry corner – Veg Verse by Kate Williams

Kate Williams is a published performance poet, specialising in humorous poetry for gardeners. Her ‘Veg Verse’ collection is all about the ups and downs of gardening, from slugs and bugs to droughts and floods, and more. She performs her poems for gardening clubs, punctuating her…

Christmas gifts for her

Finding the perfect Christmas gifts for her is easy with Thompson & Morgan’s  new Christmas gifts range for 2014. There is a great selection of gardening gifts, indoor plant gifts, outdoor plant gifts and gardening hampers to make her Christmas special.My favourite is the Amaryllis…

The Big Allotment Challenge – What do you think?

The Big Allotment Challenge – what do you think? Now the series has come to an end we’d like to know what our gardeners thought. We have been watching week in week out and have really enjoyed it, and we have to give a massive congratulations to Alex and Ed who were crowned the best…

SowStrong® – A Natural Way to Growing Success

SowStrong® – A Natural Way to Growing SuccessThe coloured coating allows a precise sowingNew and exclusive to Thompson & Morgan in 2013 is the new SowStrong® range. Featured in the 12th January issue of Amateur Gardening, these vegetable seeds have been coated with 100% natural and…

BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT... GOOD NEWS FOR GARDENERS!

We are in the midst of somewhat dark and difficult times. Newspapers, social media and television constantly reminding us of the troubles that loom uneasily around us. Every day seems like a battle. And yet, there is one battle that continues to fly beneath the radars of far too many of us; let…

Getting more from your garden!

Getting more from your garden!By ‘getting more’ I mean multiplying up your favourite plants the cheap and easy way — by taking cuttings. Although September is thought to be late for taking cuttings, it is in fact my chosen moment. The busy spring and summer seasons of the…

Get growing in the garden this Easter!

The long Easter weekend conjures thoughts of Easter egg hunts, family roasts, and the promise of warmer weather. But Easter is also the beginning of the gardening year for many, as they make use of the bank holidays to get the garden sorted - before things really get out of hand! ®Sue Sanderson.…

RAF Benevolent Fund – Commemorative Seeds

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great War, and in celebration of The Royal Air Force’s 96th birthday we are thrilled to be working alongside The Garden Centre Group to launch their commemorative seeds in the form of red, white and blue themed seed packets.These seeds include…

Is it ripe yet?

Growing your own crops is so satisfying, not forgetting about all the health benefits of eating fresh vegetables too. We spend a lot of time caring for our crops, protecting them from frosts, fighting off pests and disease and generally nurturing them until they are ready to harvest. However,…

Gardening blogs for the whole family

Gardening is a great bonding opportunityImage source: Shutterstock What better way to get your kids excited and interested in the garden than inviting them to get their hands dirty?To help you pique their interest in all things green-fingered we've ploughed the internet for some great ideas to get…

6 inspiring garden blogs

Some gardens are made to inspire - and here are some inspiring garden blogsImage: shutterstock Some gardens and gardening blogs are just too good to not to share, which is why we've scoured the web to bring you a bunch of superb blogs that showcase some really special gardens and truly dedicated…

Gardening Competitions

Summer is the prime time for your plants as they will be looking their very best. Beautiful blooms of Buddleja Buzz™, turbo-charged trailing fuchsias and shimmering metallic Begonia ‘Garden Angels’ will be catching everyone’s eyes. Our gardening competitions give you the…

Sue’s (Very Unscientific) Potato Trials

Sue’s (Very Unscientific) Potato TrialsHarvesting potatoes is my second favourite garden task, beaten only by lifting parsnips! You can feel your excitement building as you lift each tuber from the ground, gently rub it clean of soil, and watch your hoard of spuds grow minute by minute.  In…

8 great gardening podcasts

Get inspiration in the garden with these eight horticultural podcastsImage: PavelKant Gardening podcasts are a fabulous source of horticultural entertainment and inspiration. They make perfect rainy-day listening and can also get you through the most mundane of gardening tasks. So pop in your…

Gardening news – Fraxinus game, bees, travelling plants

It’s been quite a week for gardening news, read our update here…New Facebook game aims to get to the bottom of ash diebackNew Facebook game aims to protect ash trees from ash diebackA new Facebook game  has just been launched, in which players have to match coloured leaves that…

National Chip Week – 18th-24th February 2013

It’s National Chip Week and what better time to think about ordering potatoes?Potatoes are easy to grow and extremely satisfying – and you don’t need a massive garden to get a good crop! There a lots of varieties to choose from and it can be a bit daunting, especially if you…

T&M's highly-regarded horticulturalist celebrates 50 years in horticulture

Left: The Sun's Peter Seabrook (L) presents Colin Randel (R) with engraved garden fork and spade Right: Colin Randel, Thompson & Morgan's vegetable product manager and potato expert Photo credits: Thompson & Morgan Colin Randel, our product manager and vegetable expert here at Thompson…

Autumn colour is coming

Autumn colour is coming…I am sitting looking out at the garden and there seems to be a funny tinge to the trees. They have a kind of lightness in their colour, but only here and there. Underneath one of the trees there is a scattering of leaves, the trees are shaking off the leaves from the…

Growing a fuchsia standard

Standard fuchsias such as Angela' adds height & colour to your garden. Image: Thompson & Morgan Growing a fuchsia standard is a great way to show off these elegant, jewel-coloured flowers while adding height and colour to your border. Also ideal for containers, standard fuchsias make a…

Innovative new online plant finder tool from Thompson & Morgan

An innovative new ‘Plant Finder’ tool has been added to Thompson & Morgans’s award-winning website. Aimed at both beginner and experienced gardeners, the ‘Plant Finder’ promises to help with the sometimes difficult choices of what to plant where.Introducing……

Customer trial panel member profile – Caroline Broome

We’d like to introduce you to some members of our customer trial panel – our trusty team of gardeners who test Thompson & Morgan’s plants in real gardens. They’ll be writing blog posts for us in the next few months to give you updates on what’s happening in their…

End of season in the allotment

Another growing season draws to an end, well just about. I have been down the allotment this morning and I am still getting crops from beetroot, leeks, cauliflower, parsnips, chard, and turnip. The beetroot we have decided we like in a slightly different way, instead of cooking and pickling in jars…

My spring garden

It’s been a busy few months and I thought I’d share a few pictures from my own spring garden with you…A premium selection of daffodils I’m trialling.Carnation-flowered daffodilsThese carnation-flowered daffs have big, voluptuous blooms with a fragrance to match!Amazing…

How to store vegetables

Which vegetables will store and how long will they keep? This is an annual dilemma faced by many gardeners. Often the need for storage is caused by gardeners being too generous in their sowings and planting and creating their own ‘gluts’ and ‘surpluses’. Why plant 200 onion…

Cucumbers masterclass: best expert content

Cucumbers are prolific in the right conditionsImage: Cucumber Carmen' F1 Hybrid Grafted from Thompson & Morgan Here's a collection of the best independent content to help you grow your own crunchy cucumbers. These videos, articles and Instagram posts feature everything from sowing these popular…

Greek Salad Omelette

Greek Salad Omelette Print Recipe Pin Recipe Prep Time 5 minsCook Time 20 minsTotal Time 25 mins Servings 4 peopleCalories 371 kcal Ingredients 1x2x3x100 g feta cheese12-18 medium eggs 3 per person1 handful parsley leaves finely chopped1 large red onions sliced into wedges1 handful freshly chopped…

Strawberries masterclass: best expert content

Homegrown strawberries taste better than anything you can buy in a supermarket Image: Strawberry Vibrant' from Thompson & MorganIf you like growing delicious strawberries we're delighted to bring you a collection of the best advice from the internet. These bloggers, YouTubers and Instagrammers…

Chillies and sweet peppers masterclass: best expert content

Chillies and sweet peppers both pack a colourful flavour punchImage: Chilli Pepper Fresno Mix' F1 Seeds from Thompson & Morgan If you want to grow your own chilli and sweet pepper plants indoors on a sunny windowsill or outdoors in the garden, here's the best advice from some of our favourite…

Gardening without plastic

A few small changes can make a big difference Image: Garden Ninja We're flooding the planet with plastic, and there's currently a huge focus on how much ends up in our oceans. But as gardeners, what can we do about it? Traditionally, plant care and propagation have always relied heavily on plastic…

Growing raspberries with children

Raspberry Ruby Beauty' is a thornless variety, ideal for growing with kidsImage: Raspberry Ruby Beauty (Summer Fruiting) from Thompson & MorganChildren love growing things they can pick and eat straight from the plant, and soft fruits are particular favourites. Raspberry 'Ruby Beauty' is a…

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