Gardening With Children? – Ask An Expert!

Alison, who is the gardening volunteer parent for a school in Dorset, got in touch this week with Linda (our gardening expert) via www.gardeningwithchildren.co.uk to ask advice on what to plant in their small plot for Autumn term. Well you don’t have to be a school to benefit from Linda’s good advice. Linda suggested some really good [...]

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New Potatoes for Christmas

There is still time to sow outdoor herbs and salads until the end of August and later if wintering inside. The Vitogrow options will give a much longer season outside and will do the job all winter when used inside, like placed in the conservatory. If you are planting new potatoes for Christmas you will [...]

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Wheelchair Raised Beds Now Available!

By popular request we are introducing a children’s Wheelchair Raised Bed. This is 60cm high and should help those with restricted movement of the trunk. These will be called the Kids Wheelchair Raised Beds. Naturally they are just the same as the others with good access; just the surface height of 60cm is more suitable [...]

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The Plug and Grow Lamp Bulbs

We have been learning more about a useful product we have been selling for a long time now, The Plug and Grow lamp. It comes with a ‘white light’ of 6400k bulb. Nine out of ten people use this bulb as it simulates the daylight and in Spring and will bring on plants by emulating longer [...]

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Bulbs, Bulbs and More Gorgeous Bulbs!

Has anyone noticed? Please say you have. Simon added our colourful range of bulbs for the Autumn to our website this week. Whether you want a Hyacinth bulb in a special glass bowl, a single architectural Amaryllis or a field of Daffodils, you will find it, and much morenow at The Recycle Works. The opportunities [...]

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Portable Gardens, Propagators and Mini Greenhouses!

The self-watering Vitogrow is a salad and herb garden that makes growing your own easy – anywhere and is available in two sizes. We were so impressed with them when we saw them that we knew they’d be a real hit!
Vitogrow contains everything you need to get growing. Just add compost and sow your seeds. [...]

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Salad Leaves – It’s Not Rocket Science!

Well it all started when I went to the supermarket this weekend and bought two packs of rocket for a meal with Friends on Saturday night. I’ve never really considered the cost of vegetables and salad before until the day when I announced, ‘I’m going to grow some vegetables!’
Those two packets of rocket cost me [...]

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