Growing with the Cumbrian Gardener - Jean Woodhouse

We welcome our new expert columnist, Cumbrian gardener Jean Woodhouse who will be writing exclusively for cumbria24.com every month. And to start her year of growing Jean suggests:

Keep the pot boiling......

I have been reading Joy Larkcom’s Just...

Cumbria's ash trees under threat

CUMBRIA’S landscape is under threat from a deadly fungal ‘Dieback’ disease that targets ash trees. “...
Cumbrian forester is a big hit at world logging championships

A Forestry Commission woodland officer from Cumbria has succeeded in felling the opposition to becom...
Nursery helps plant new trees for Earl and Countess

Children from a Penrith nursery have been planting for the future in the Earl and Countess of Lonsda...
Photo from the 2009 flooding at Honister

Council tax bills could rise to pay for flood prevention drainage

Council tax bills for thousands of people in Cumbria could rise to pay to prevent low-lying la...
Forest Festival at Grizedale to celebrate the International Year of Forests

To celebrate 2011 being the International Year of Forests, the Forestry Commission is holding a Fore...
Have fun down on the farm and learn something new

Ask someone where food comes from and the answer will probably be, "From the supermarket of cou...

Help for farmers after wettest summer

An event is being held in Penrith to give farmers advice on how to deal with saturated soil, after one of the wettest seasons in years. Farmers will b...

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Growing with the Cumbrian Gardener - Jean Woodhouse