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which magazine?
Anyone got any views on a good gardening magazine? I currently subscribe to the gardening Which magazine but also receive the BBC Gardeners world (a present) However i still find I buy the Amateur Gardening magazine as it's so topical being weekly. The BBC one does have some good articles but a lot of adverts and as expected a big push for gardening programmes. Some of the letters and questions can be a bit fundamental but occasionally especially in the plant features you do g in depth article and good photographs of the plants. The GW magazine is much better than it used to be but i still find their reviews not really practical. One this month was a review of hedgetrimmers and they said that they were testing them on conifer and also hawthorn. Well sorry but any hedgetrimmer that has to go through my 8 foot high hawthorn hedge would have to be a lot stronger than the under a hundred pound ones selected as best buys in their review. Currently i have a 24 inch Viking electric one with a dual sided bladed and even that can struggle at times when growth is prolific . My friend gets Gardens Illustrated a very 'beautiful' magazine with some lovely photos and articles by real experts but also the adverts and lifestyle is way beyond my resources So i still go and buy the down to earth AG as it has lots of timely tips, sometimes good ideas and reviews which actually do seem realistic in their summaries, I like Peter Seabrooks old fashioned views most of the time, I enjoy Anne Swithinbanks advice from her own garden , you often get free packets of seeds, whether or not they may be useful to you (latest was cut and come again lettuce, lychnis and foxgloves. Their letters can be a bit basic but then you have to start somewhere. I like Toby Bucklands column as well. So what do people like? I don't try the grow your own lot as they seem quite pricey and all the same . Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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