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Dan Pearson looks back on some of the highlights of his garden in 2008

In January I was forced into a situation of change. For five years running, Verticillium wilt had hit the catalpa and the wet summer the year before had seen it strike hard as the conditions for this soil-borne bacteria were perfect. Witnessing a tree ...

From DAN PEARSON, Guardian Unlimited,  27 Dec 2008

Under the weather

Life & style: It's summer, the lawns are green and there's no hint of a hosepipe ban, but the long-term forecast is drought. Dan Pearson on plants for wet and ...

From DAN PEARSON, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Jul 2008

Observer gardening writer Dan Pearson offers advice on growing your own fruit and veg

The Observer gardening writer Dan Pearson gives his advice on growing your own fruit and ...

From DAN PEARSON, Guardian Unlimited,  17 May 2008

Growing your own: Dan Pearson on his home-grown food

My grandfather had a passion for fresh, home produce. He was a vicar and had grown food for the family in the vicarage grounds. As part of the war effort it was not uncommon for this to be a matter of course, but then Mum got the bug and we took it for ...

From DAN PEARSON, The Observer,  6 Apr 2008

Ask Dan

Q Dan, I have a long-established bed of 'Iceberg' roses that I normally prune in early spring. It has been suggested that I should occasionally prune a main stem close to the ground to encourage new growth. Is that so? Denis Baron Q I have a laurel ...

From DAN PEARSON, The Observer,  23 Feb 2008

The axeman cometh

Seven or eight years ago, once I had started to feel confident with the layout of my garden, I committed to the new tree that was needed to provide a centre of gravity. It had taken me three years since moving in to get to this stage. First I had to ...

From DAN PEARSON, The Observer,  23 Feb 2008

Seeds of happiness

A small part of me cannot help but associate sunflowers with a certain sadness. This is directly related to the return to school at the end of the summer holidays. The feeling of the impending loss of freedom in the last week with the trip to get a ...

From DAN PEARSON, Guardian Unlimited,  15 Sep 2007

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