Amateur Gardening

Monty ruffles some feathers

ONTY Don has raised the wrath of the horticultural industry by suggesting that gardeners should only grow from seed and use plants raised in peat-free compost. The TV presenter and celebrity gardener has been labelled ‘ignorant’ after the publication of his magazine.

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