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GREEN UP YOUR GAFF

BABY MAKER (MAKE A RECYCLED PROPAGATOR)

green up your gaff

baby maker (make a recycled propagator)

Words by Jessica Peace If you’re gagging to start sowing your seeds then it’s time to get all Blue Peter on your windowsill. There are two options ...

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moments in pot culture: the bamboo

Words by Jessica Peace “...You can get your kicks in THE HOUSE OF BAMBOO!...” It’s hard not to write down ALL of the lyrics to Andy Williams’, ‘The...

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roses get us grace and horny

Words by Jessica Peace Raindrops on roses and … THAT scene from American Beauty... that New Order cover… that fella who grows loads… These are a fe...

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rosey cheeks

Words by Jessica Peace ROSE WATER (the easiest one) You’ll need a bunch of roses, a kitchen and some sterilised glass jars Nip off your petals and ...

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an extraordinary place

Words by Jessica Peace BRINGING THE WORLD TO FOREST HILL … and an EXTRAORDINARY world The Horniman Museum is too. It’s another story of one of tho...

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plant porn: wintersweet

Words by Jessica Peace This sexy bush brings the ruckus. NAMECHECK Its posh name is Chimonanthus fragrans and it literally means ‘winter’ (Chimo) -...

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keeping it wild in peckham

Words by Jessica Peace Fancy knowing a bit about wildlife gardening? You’d better get yourself down to Peckham - you heard. PECKHAM WILD STYLE Wha...

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get your chillies in (while it’s chilly)

Words by Jessica Peace Chillies take their sweet time so getting planting now! Grab yourself some seed compost so you don’t burn your chilli seeds;...

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moments in pot culture: the daff

Words by Jessica Peace Dalí’s, ‘Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ (1937) taught us all to get over ourselves. The Greek yarn sees young Narcissus becomin...

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back to the roots at the natural history museum

Words by Jessica Peace We put our blinkers on and trampled right past those dinosaurs and piles of bones, heading straight to the ‘Red Zone’ to gee...

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staying power

Words by Jessica Peace You might be grabbing an extra posie at the till whilst you’re waiting for your bulbs to spring up. Here’s how to give’em so...

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...life in the old dog yet

Words by Jessica Peace Well last week we poked our plants about to see whether they’d actually kicked the bucket or not. But if there’s still life ...

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moments in pot culture: the palm

Words by Jessica Peace You might know it from the mouth of Barry Manilow, ‘Goodfellas’ or ‘Raging Bull’, but you can’t think of the 1940’s New York...