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Early, mid- and late summer: luscious blooms from bleeding hearts, irises, peonies, japanese anemones, rudbeckias, globe thistles, alchemilla, michelmas daisies, foxgloves and many more from the cottage garden look, modern herbaceous perennial planting style or prairie planting. Take the long view and get more for your money.  September and October are the ideal time for …

Do you lie awake at night worrying about how society will cope with dwindling oil reserves? Don’t want to stress you out – google ‘peak oil’ and ‘transition towns’ – but the increasing price of oil is the major reason food is going up. We need to get ready with resilience crops, so let’s play …