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planted raspberry canes

Planting Raspberry Canes – What You Need to Know

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Raspberries are a lovely summer fruit. You can sprinkle them on cereal, make jam, and use them in desserts. Raspberries are also very easy to grow, so if you like the idea of planting raspberry canes now, ready for a summer harvest, we have some tips for you. The Best Time to Plant Raspberry Canes
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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Plant Shrubs

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

For many gardeners, autumn is the best season. The palette is changing from the bright green and yellow hues of summer into fiery shades of red, gold, and brown. The mornings are colder, but Mr Sunshine still makes a regular appearance. Your garden is well on the way to recovery after the blistering heat of
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violas, dianthus, ornamental cabbage, mini cyclamen

A Guide to Planting Autumn and Winter Bedding Plants

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Bedding plants add extra interest to a garden. They are often used to plug gaps between established shrubs, or to fill borders, pots, and hanging baskets. Most gardeners go the extra mile in summer, with acres of colourful bedding plants. This is only natural, as we typically spend a lot more time in the garden
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wild pink coneflower, echinacea, autumn flowering perennials

Popular Autumn Flowering Perennials

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Summer may be in full swing, but now is an excellent time to start planning your autumn garden. If you are not careful, once the summer bedding plants die off, your garden will be devoid of colour. The best way to solve this problem is to add a few autumn flowering perennials to the mix.
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hanging baskets full of pink and orange petunias

Caring for Hanging Baskets

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Hanging baskets are a summer staple. Look around your neighbourhood and you’ll probably spot more than a few colourful hanging baskets adorning homes and businesses. Baskets of lush, scented flowers are wonderfully decorative, but if you don’t look after your hanging baskets, they won’t stay decorative for long. There is nothing worse than a half-dead
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potted impatiens, begonias, geraniums, antirrhinums

Brighten Up Your Garden with Summer Bedding Plants

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

Summer is just around the corner (allegedly!), so now is an excellent time to think about introducing some colourful summer bedding plants into your garden. We have a great selection of bedding plants, but if you need a bit of help choosing the right plants, here is a quick guide to the most popular plants.
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herbaceous perennials -geraniums, sedum, phlox, rudbeckia, lupins, foxgloves

A Guide to Herbaceous Perennials

By James Carpenter | Comments are Closed

For anyone who needs an “insta-garden”, herbaceous perennials are where it’s at. With some careful planning, you can fill your borders up with relatively inexpensive herbaceous perennials and have a beautiful display of colour in a few short months. The effect is not quite as instant as a tray full of pansies or petunias, but
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bag of spinach & bottle of wine

Monday Morning Chicken Salad Recipe

By Becky Alexander & Michelle Lake | Comments are Closed

This is ideal for pulling together on a Monday morning when you have some leftover roast chicken from Sunday lunch. Spinach and rocket last for ages in the fridge so buy a bag and use for lots of meals. Cooked lentils from a pouch or tin can live in the cupboard for months so very
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coronation chicken sandwich & apple

Coronation-ish Chicken Sandwich Recipe

By Becky Alexander & Michelle Lake | Comments are Closed

Packs of cooked chicken are really expensive for the amount of chicken you get. You can buy organic, free-range chicken for the same price and there are no additives. Supermarket sandwiches such as coronation chicken are often quite unhealthy; this is a veg- and protein-packed alternative. Buy a loaf of Carpenter’s bread and cut it
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yellow, pink, purple, red, white primroses

Why We Love Primroses at Carpenter’s Nursery

By carpentersAdmin | Comments are Closed

There are some wonderfully colourful flowers you can plant in borders, hanging baskets, and containers at this time of year, but none are as colourful as the humble primrose. We love primroses, so in case you are looking for some gardening inspiration this spring, here is a quick guide to primroses and how to care
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bowl of beetroot soup

Up Beet Soup Recipe

By Becky Alexander & Michelle Lake | Comments are Closed

This crimson soup looks and tastes amazing. Even if you think you are not a fan of beetroot, give it a go; it’s delicious combined with lemon and spices. Beetroot is crammed with iron, calcium, folate, betaine, B vitamins and antioxidants, which combine to make it a great detoxer. A shorter cooking time means you’ll
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bowl of spicy chickpea and red lentil soup

Spicy Chickpea & Red Lentil Soup Recipe

By Becky Alexander & Michelle Lake | Comments are Closed

Packed with protein from the chickpeas and lentils, this is an easy soup to make (no blending). Small, brown chickpeas are great in this soup, although any kind will be good. Chickpeas give a satisfying bite so you don’t need bread with this. It’s also completely vegan. If you don’t have passata, simply whizz a
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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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