Once they are large enough to cut into chunks, you can get new plants for free, ones that you know will thrive in your gardenOne of the more charming oddities of gardening is that the more you do it, the fewer plants you have to buy. Some of the most proficient, experienced and, well, elderly gardeners I know will proudly exclaim that they can’t remember the last time they bought a plant – yet their gardens look fantastic.It’s a twisted logic that novice growers struggle to understand and less-new-ones aspire to. Buying new plants, especially snazzy, in-bloom, ready-to-roll numbers from the garden centre, is a habit many of us shrug off after a few years. Once things get established, there’s a kind of challenge to garden as frugally as possible. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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