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How to Feed Wild Birds in Your Garden

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

One of the joys of lockdown for many of us has been the extra time it’s afforded us to sit and watch the garden birds’ squabble, flock around bird feeders, and generally offer non-stop entertainment. It’s great fun if you are lucky enough to have a garden, but even if all you have is a
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Boost Your Mood & Enjoy The Health Benefits of Indoor House Plants 

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Indoor plants offer more than an aesthetic improvement to your home. Choose the right plants and you can enjoy some health benefits and even boost your mood. Carpenter’s Nursery stocks a great range of house plants, so read on for a guide to help you choose the right ones. Why Indoor House Plants are Good
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Brighten Up Your Home with some Seasonal House Plants

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Christmas is nearly here, so many people are looking for lovely decorations to brighten up their home. Aside from the usual accessories, like Christmas trees and tinsel, we recommend you consider investing in some seasonal house plants. If you’re not sure which ones to go for, read on for a quick guide to some of
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Autumn and Winter Planting Ideas

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

The weather is still relatively mild, so now is an excellent time to get a few jobs done in the garden. One of these is adding some autumn and winter bedding plants, bulbs, and even veggies, so you can enjoy a few splashes of colour when the days shorten and the weather deteriorates, plus have
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Why Polytunnels are a great investment

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

At Carpenter’s we have a number of Polytunnels that we use for growing and storing plants.  We’re currently replacing two old Polytunnels and we thought it would be a good opportunity to tell you a little bit about how and why polytunnels are so useful for commercial growers, as well as hobby gardeners. So, in
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sprinkler watering the garden

The Importance of Watering Your Garden

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Thanks to the recent heatwave and lockdown, many UK families have been spending more time than normal in their garden. Hot, sunny weather is fantastic, of course, but weeks of very little rain do take their toll on lawns, annuals, perennials, vegetables, and everything else in your garden. The only things that seem impervious to
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delphiniums growing wild

Pimp Your Garden with Herbaceous Perennials

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

It is the time of year when gardeners usually use bedding plants like petunias, marigolds, and fuchsias to add colour to their beds. Buying a tray of bedding plants is relatively inexpensive and if you go the extra mile, you can create an instant garden worthy of a spot on your Instagram feed. However, there
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Summer Bedding Plants

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Summer bedding plants are the perfect way to add colour and interest to a garden. Fill up your borders, hanging baskets, tubs and planters with a riot of pink, red, yellow, blue, lavender, purple, and white.  With so many different varieties of bedding plants to choose from, it’s not easy to know where to begin!
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Lawn Care

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The weather at the moment is rather typical for the time of year. After a  couple of weeks of gorgeous sunshine, the rain has returned with a vengeance. Whilst rain probably isn’t much fun if you’re stuck at home during the lockdown, it’s wonderful for the garden. In this blog post, we’re going to discuss
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garden full of purple salvia’s

Tips for Planting a Perennial Garden

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Perennials are the foundation of many gardens. These are the plants that return each year to add a splash of colour and interest to our borders. Whereas annuals are replanted each year, perennials die back at year-end and then regrow in spring. They are among the easiest plants to care for in a garden, which
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garden full of pink roses growing

Why Now is the Best Time to Plant Roses

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Roses are a quintessentially English garden flower, although most varieties are actually native to Asia. Hybrid roses were introduced in the 19th century and were hugely popular for more than 50 years, but at least one species was brought to Britain by the Romans. Roses have played their part in history, too, with the War
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The Joy of Primroses

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Primroses are one of the prettiest spring flowers. We love their bright, vibrant flowers and our customers love them too. Sometimes called an ‘Easter Rose’, primroses are one of the earliest blooming flowers in early spring. Once your primroses are in bloom, you know that spring isn’t far away! There are many different varieties of
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Our Recipe of the Week is now written by authors of Packed, a book of lunch hacks and recipes to squeeze more nutrients into your day, Becky Alexander & Michelle Lake (Dip ION mBANT). Becky writes the food column for The Herts Advertiser and Michelle runs Mission Nutrition, a nutritional therapy consultancy based in St Albans.  Packed is available to buy in store at £12.99.

www.flagshipwines.co.uk/our-recipes-flagship-wines-st-albans-hertfordshire/

We now offer wine matching with our recipes thanks to julia at flagship wines – please click on the link to find out more

Flagship Wines are an exciting innovative independent wine merchant established in St Albans in 2004 by Julia Jenkins offering excellent wines and service with outstanding wine knowledge and enthusiasm. The company has a strong loyal local following that extends out into Hertfordshire and beyond.

Our superb wine range is a constantly evolving and changing list in which all the wines are carefully selected ensuring that the range of over 500 wines are distinctive and delicious, well made, and expressive of the region of origin. They also offer value for money. Many of the wines are from small wineries producing unusual wines that are not available in the High Street.

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Sandridge,
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