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Of all the current trends in gardening perhaps the use of water as a garden feature has the legs to last a generation or more.

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Cullen: Water, water, everywhere

Of all the current trends in gardening perhaps the use of water as a garden feature has the legs to last a generation or more.

Office greenery can look pretty boring, so plant pineapples instead.

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How to wet your plants: Using human urine as fertilizer

A growing number of gardeners and environmentalists are recycling their urine by dumping it on the compost heap, which they use as fertilizer for plants

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