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Daffodils in a small garden – tips on how to grow them.
In a small garden daffodils look great in pots but here is what to do when they are over and you need the pot for other things.
Cottage garden daffodils – my favourites
Here are lessons I’ve learned about how best to grow daffodils in a small cottage garden – which varieties look right and how lovely they look in pots.
Wildlife gardening – Ha!
Squirrels destroyed my pot of tulips within minutes this morning – very disappointing but I can’t think of any way to stop them. As soon as I take the chicken wire protection off, they dig up and eat the shoots and bulbs.
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