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Posted by Noddy on 08 June, 2009

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Wow what a spell of hot sunny weather, it makes gardening almost hard work. Ok, I admit it my most recent efforts seem to have revolved around a cuppa in the garden. Oh if you insist I may have had the odd alcoholic beverage following a spell of weeding. It also gave me chance to have a look around the garden with a seeing eye and find all is well. Even if it is there are always things to do.

Posted by Noddy on 11 May, 2009

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May is named after the Greek goddess, Maia and the first of May is known as Beltane which marks the beginning of summer and is the time when flowers emerge and crops begin to sprout. Another well known day is the 7th May is the Helston Furry/Floral dance made famous (Infamous) by Terry Wogan and his hit the Floral Dance and the flower associated with this is the lily of the Valley.

Posted by Noddy on 18 April, 2009

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The origins of April Fools day are distinctly hazy, my favourite is that it came about because of the change of calendars. In 1582, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar called the Gregorian calendar (the calendar of today). This was introduced because the old calendar, called the Julian calendar, was ahead by ten days because each year was too long (?). Gregory moved the new calendar forward by ten days. People were forgetful or refused to accept the new calendar, so they still celebrated New Year on April 1st. Other people would play tricks on them and call them April Fools.

Posted by David Scott on 07 April, 2009

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The Easter Egg hunt has now finished. Thank you to all those who entered! From the feedback we have received it was a tough one this year so well done to all those who had the patience to keep hunting! The 10 lucky winners who will each receive a 50% discount voucher, will be drawn on Tuesday the 14th April. The winners will be contacted directly.

Posted by David Scott on 01 April, 2009

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This April sees the launch of ‘The Big Buzz’, a joint initiative by the Jordans Cereal company and Kew Gardens to help to increase the dwindling population of bees in the UK. Blooming Direct is very proud to part of this intiative by growing and supplying the bee friendly plants.