Useful Links
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The most accurate weather forecast for York we've found, which
means it is slightly more accurate than the national forecast!
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These are pages of tips for each month. I can particularly
recommend the local one. :-)
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HDRA's excellent site that helps you check what you should be
doing now in your garden or allotment. The site covers herb,
vegetable, fruit and ornamental gardens. Really
worth checking out if you're not sure about the right time to
start things off.
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Find out what to do on your allotment or in the garden each month of the year.
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Advice, techniques, blogs...
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Local advice on all aspects of composting.
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Brunswick is a wonderful place growing a wide range of seasonal organic vegetables and fruit and pot plants. They also make a lovely range of gifts, wrapping paper, hand-loom woven rugs and knitted goods.
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"A site where you can find much of the hardware and advice that you need to manage an allotment, whether you are new to allotments, or have had one for years."
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A curious collection of worthy causes - and the promoters of
National Apple Day. Eclectic, but well worth a visit.
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Bulbs, roses, trees, shrubs, seeds...
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The National Register of Champion Trees (the link points you
to notable collections, though this section neglects the register's own
entry for a champion Midland Hawthorn in the Museum Gardens).
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A web diary of an allotment in Leeds (a very good one). Check
out in particular the Vegetable Index, lots of varieties
tested with results charted.
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If our own Greenboard doesn't come up with the answer, you can
try posting a question here. Quite busy, with lots of
sub-groups.
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Eclectic sites for unusual tools - rather good, with advice
about other tools too.
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