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Your garden<br />
GEMS!<br />
Top gardening tips from our readers<br />
top<br />
tip!<br />
MAGNIFICENT MUG!<br />
I’ve got too many mugs in the cupboard so I made<br />
this easy cup insect hotel and hung it on a branch.<br />
I packed it with twigs and bamboo cane offcuts<br />
of different sizes.<br />
Kathryn Richards, Bury<br />
Simon says: What a clever idea, Kathryn. I'm sure<br />
the insects in your garden will love it!<br />
WIN!<br />
A Peckish package!<br />
£21.97<br />
Kathryn wins a Peckish Winter<br />
Warmer bird-feeding bundle<br />
box of suet cakes,<br />
seed mix and easy<br />
feeder, courtesy of<br />
Westland. For more<br />
details about these<br />
products visit www.<br />
gardenhealth.com.<br />
MARK THE DATE<br />
To make it really easy to remember<br />
when I need to sow, order or buy all my<br />
favourite plants, I write everything on<br />
my wall calendar, which I refer to every<br />
day. That way I’ll never forget what<br />
I should be doing or leave it too late!<br />
Eddie Peel, by email<br />
PHOTOS: ALAMY, shutterstock<br />
SUPER STACKING<br />
I bought some heavy duty<br />
metal planters in three<br />
different sizes, then filled<br />
them with compost and<br />
stacked them up, one<br />
inside the other. It makes<br />
a fab feature all planted<br />
with herbs, and can fit<br />
more plants in this way.<br />
Ben Eccles, Facebook<br />
GARDENING GIFTS<br />
To make fun gifts for friends, I like to make fairy<br />
gardens out of alpine plants and sempervivums,<br />
adding stepping stones and houses. I use old<br />
pots or upcycle any old container I have. I once<br />
used an old suitcase to make one!<br />
Cheryl Evans, Banbury<br />
BROLLY<br />
BRILLIANCE<br />
Last spring I sowed a<br />
covering of cosmos seed<br />
in a large pot I had outside,<br />
as I ran out of room in the<br />
greenhouse. To protect the<br />
growing seedlings I had<br />
a brainwave – I planted a<br />
see-through umbrella in<br />
the middle of the pot and<br />
put it up to make a mini<br />
greenhouse!<br />
Jen Sorrell, by email<br />
SAVE IT FOR THE SALES<br />
Save buying all your gardening items until<br />
the <strong>Jan</strong>uary sales! As they make way for<br />
new year stock, garden centres have lots<br />
of cheap bargains to save you money.<br />
Keith Marron, Somerset<br />
Got a great<br />
idea or timesaving<br />
tip?<br />
Share them<br />
with our<br />
readers. See<br />
page 3 for<br />
our contact<br />
details<br />
#GNREAL<br />
GARDENS<br />
10 <strong>Garden</strong> <strong>News</strong> / <strong>Jan</strong>uary <strong>18</strong> 2020
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