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Gardening with Tom Pattinson

Grow your own - it's the new rock and roll WHEN we met friend Louise recently she had that look on her face which said: "Guess who's just secured an allotment."

Fighting the nasty nibblers THE recent deep freeze brought -10 degrees Celsius to our doorstep, along with shattered milk bottles. One Alnwick recording was as low as -15C and goodness knows what friend Jim experienced in the Cheviot foothills.

The tiniest weapons in the gardener's armoury MICROSCOPIC organisms have existed in the soil for millions of years but we've just realised how useful they can be. Typical of this is the species present in Rootgrow, a substance available in sachets which, when added to the soil, helps a wide

Ads put fern in a frenzy WHEN outdoor plants are buckling under the weight of snow and there's hedge-to-hedge white outdoors, it's good to be in the warmth surrounded by potted plants.

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