Apples - My top 5 apple varieties to grow yourself at home for great flavour and beauty.
My top 5 Apples to grow in your garden. Grow less common varieties in your garden for flavour, colour and beauty.
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iPlantsman
- Sep 29
- 5 min
In Defence of Nature - Support Our Landscape & Wildlife over bad policy and short-sightedness.
Urgent call to action over proposed rewriting of protective legislation for food & water quality, protection of nature & legalising fracking
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iPlantsman
- Sep 25
- 5 min
Books, books and books; A guide to books on Identifying British Trees and British Wildflowers.
3rd in a series of guides on recommended books. 3 books on Identifying British Trees and 3 on Identifying British Wildflowers.
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iPlantsman
- Sep 14
- 5 min
The best Tool I own, for Autumn Leaf Clearance! WORX WG543E LEAFJET Cordless Leaf Blower
A recommendation of the best tool I own for leaf clearing and Autumn clear ups. WORX WG543E LEAFJET Cordless Leaf Blower. It's brilliant!
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iPlantsman
- Aug 12
- 3 min
What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Secateurs - You get what you pay for!
Top Tip from experiences with secateurs selection. Fleck, Fiskars, ARS, Niwaki
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iPlantsman
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Don’t claim to love the environment & then send me a leaflet through the post!
Leaflets are not an environmentally sound way of campaigning as a political party!
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iPlantsman
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Ceanothus
One important thing that I have learned about Ceanothus and a plan to overcome this problem.
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iPlantsman
- Jun 26, 2020
- 6 min
Thought for today - Blog Post 26/06/2020 Roots - The Full Post
A more complete thought on the value and risks of plant roots.
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iPlantsman
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Thought for today - Blog Post 25/06/2020 Roots
The lost post - To follow.
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iPlantsman
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
Thought for today - Blog Post 22/05/2020
Looking out of my office window I have had the long, new stems of a white-flowered Buddleja davidii that I bred a few years ago whip backwar
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iPlantsman
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Alternative Plant of the Moment - Early May 2020
With all the wonderful plants looking good at the moment, let us not forget the value of plants grown primarily for their foliage.
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iPlantsman
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
The Value of Fungi
there are many fungi species that greatly strengthen plants, forming symbiotic relationships with them to aid root development...
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iPlantsman
- Jan 5, 2020
- 2 min
2020 - 1st post! General musings on the future.
Well, we made it! As twilight sets on 2019, the birth of 2020 is upon us and will, I’m sure, be a year of big change. I’m an eternal...
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iPlantsman
- Dec 23, 2019
- 3 min
Predicting the Future. Part 7. Can you see the wood from the trees?
Timber - The environmentally conscious construction material.
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iPlantsman
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
The optimistic 3rd prediction
3rd in a series of predictions for 2020 Horticulture, Garden Design and Gardening for the UK
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iPlantsman
- Dec 8, 2019
- 3 min
Impossible Plants AKA The 'difficult' 2nd prediction post
2nd prediction for Horticulture, Garden Design and Gardening in the UK for 2020.
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iPlantsman
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
A thought on the Winter value of Plants
Thoughts on the value of Trees and Plants in a winter landscape. Silhouette being an underrated quality.
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iPlantsman
- Apr 1, 2018
- 3 min
Sheffield's Trees: True Crime
A look at the ongoing devestation of the City of Sheffield's street trees. 17,500 due to be removed and replaced over the next 20 years
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iPlantsman
- Mar 28, 2018
- 3 min
Thoughts on Ash
Thoughts on the issues affecting Ash (Fraxinus sp.)
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