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1. Gardening: Hoar frost makes the garden sparkle
Get Wokingham, Friday 21 December 2012Last week I went home from work at about 6pm and watched the hoar frost appear on the grass as I drove.
2. Gardening: Hideous poinsettias are just for Christmas
Get Wokingham, Monday 17 December 2012Christmas is the time of year when people give each other house plants.
3. Have a Dickens of a Christmas
Get Wokingham, Friday 14 December 2012Food – or rather “wittles” – plays an important role in the opening passages of Great Expectations as Pip is accosted by the convict Abel Magwitch in the graveyard.
4. Recipe ideas when you're cooking for one
Get Wokingham, Friday 30 November 2012Wendy Hobson raises the key culinary problem for those who live by themselves.
5. Gardening: Magnificent Mahonias
Get Wokingham, Friday 30 November 2012As the garden descends into winter, it is worth taking a look around at its bone structure.
6. Gardening: Time to plant tulips
Get Wokingham, Saturday 24 November 2012November is a good month for planting tulips and yet if you try to buy bulbs now, you’ll be lucky to get any.
7. Gardening: Everyone needs winter bloomers
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 November 2012The weather seems to have settled into a natural progression from autumn into winter, but the garden has recognised a hiccup in the process.
8. Gardening: Flax is a handsome addition to the border
Get Wokingham, Friday 09 November 2012A Kiwi colleague once told me that in his native land they made durable shopping bags from New Zealand flax.
9. Gardening: Schizostylis defies the frost
Get Wokingham, Monday 05 November 2012The first frost of winter lightly crusted the windscreen of the car on Saturday morning.
10. Gardening: Soggy end to a dismal summer
Get Wokingham, Friday 26 October 2012The last roses may still be in bloom, but autumn is really with us now. The heavy rain has made the garden waterlogged, which means all work must be conducted where possible from the paths.
