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Can you Grow the Cream to Go with These?

Alas, no! Unless you have a dairy farm, you may have to pop to the shop to pick up some single or double cream, whatever your preference is. But for what is the cream for, you may ask? Well, courtesy of TV gardener James Wong in an article for The Telegraph, we are going to guide […]

Lewis

March 24, 2015

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Space for Growing is Overrated

It used to be fact that to grow fruit and vegetables in a ‘grow your own’ manner required a reasonable amount of space. This used to take away the opportunity for many with small gardens, especially those in cities, where space is vastly limited when compared to those in rural areas. But no longer! We […]

Lewis

March 23, 2015

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Moonscaping: Total Eclipse of the Plant

This blog post is in the spirit of last week’s solar eclipse, hence the terrible Bonnie Tyler reference in the title! You may not have heard of the trend of ‘moonscaping’ quite as much; sadly the term is also used metaphorically to describe an area devastated by war. Because of this, it may be a […]

Lewis

March 23, 2015

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Where’s the Pool?

In your back garden, hopefully! Here at Oakleigh Manor, we offer so many services; we are more than just a landscape design and build company. Our expertise is widespread, and that expertise encompasses the installation of swimming pools. Whether it be above-ground or below-ground, or whether it be installed with an automated cover or a […]

Lewis

March 20, 2015