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Anyone for Fruit salad?

It is unlikely that we will ever grow mangos in the UK but, I have just had my first taste of exotic fruit gardening - Ruth presented me with 3 melon plants that she has grown from seed.
The plan is to plant them outside as, according to the RHS, rising average night temperatures in March [...]

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Trees under threat

The United Nations Environment Programme has just announced that it is planning to plant 7 billion trees before the end of 2008 in an effort to absorb CO2 and slow down climate change.
If enough of them are planted it may be possible to make a difference and reverse some of the effects of deforestation at [...]

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