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
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

 On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:57:57 +0100, Janet Tweedy


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Like you I get GW and AG though not Which? magazine. I also like the
RHS "The Garden" mag. I have a gift subscription to something called
"Homes and Gardens" which is more of a style thing than practical
instructions and gets donated to the dentist fairly quickly.

I've picked up the occasional issue of other magazines but never see
any reason to change my current selection.

Of them all, I suppose Amateur Gardening is the one I prefer for
timely hints and tips and The Garden for a good read. I'll probably
cancel Gardeners World at the end of the current subscription.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

www.rivendell.org.uk

 

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Like you I get GW and AG though not Which? magazine. I also like the
RHS "The Garden" mag. I have a gift subscription to something called
"Homes and Gardens" which is more of a style thing than practical
instructions and gets donated to the dentist fairly quickly.

I've picked up the occasional issue of other magazines but never see
any reason to change my current selection.

Of them all, I suppose Amateur Gardening is the one I prefer for
timely hints and tips and The Garden for a good read. I'll probably
cancel Gardeners World at the end of the current subscription.

Cheers
Jake

I don't subscribe to any in particular magazine, just a flick thro in the
newsagents makes my mind up which one to have.
I don't want many of the free seeds that are given away, not because my
garden is beautiful enough its just more work that I can do with at the
moment. Is there any organisation who could use seeds if they were sent
them.

kate

 
   Offer them here Kate, someone will always take them for the price of a
stamp or the HPS if there's one local to you often sell surplus seeds as
do many gardening clubs or maybe a local school?
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

 
   Offer them here Kate, someone will always take them for the price of a
stamp or the HPS if there's one local to you often sell surplus seeds as
do many gardening clubs or maybe a local school?
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Good idea Janet, I will offer them on Freecycle, lots of gardeners there :-)

kate