Tag Archives: spring gardening

Lockdown life – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Posted on 07/06/2020 by greenfingeredgeorge

Despite posting a lot of content on my social media sites, I’ve realised I haven’t updated my blog during the whole 12 week lockdown period, mainly because I’ve been really busy with online schoolwork and filming for various gardening & … Continue reading →

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Filming for Blue Peter at Kew Botanical Gardens

Posted on 09/05/2019 by greenfingeredgeorge

Apologies I haven’t wrote in a while, I’ve been crazy busy, working hard and playing hard! Anyway, on an absolutely gorgeous sunny day a few weeks ago, I visited Kew Botanical Gardens, where I filmed for Blue Peter; the clip is … Continue reading →

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Hello Sunshine ! Springtime gardening at home and in the Blue Peter Garden. Oh yeah and I’m off to the #RHSChelsea Flower Show !

Posted on 20/05/2018 by greenfingeredgeorge

It’s been one of those crazy busy times recently. I’ve done absolutely loads of seed planting and gardening at home. My Blue Peter Gardening clip was aired this week and tomorrow (Monday 21st May) I’m off to ………………………     … Continue reading →

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Go on, get out and #GrowThisSpring

Posted on 25/03/2018 by greenfingeredgeorge

This morning I felt a bit down about something, I sat watching TV and my Mum said “you need to ‘practice what you preach’, you need to go outside into the garden“. I didn’t particularly want to, to be honest … Continue reading →

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Spring time planting back in the Blue Peter Garden

Posted on 14/05/2017 by greenfingeredgeorge

Last weekend I went back to the Blue Peter Garden to start some spring planting with one of the presenters, The Legend, Barney Harwood. Lindsey and I had put the Blue Peter Garden ‘to bed’ back in December and the Manchester weather … Continue reading →

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I’ve had a really busy week helping to plant lots of ‘sensational seeds’

Posted on 07/05/2017 by greenfingeredgeorge

I’ve had a really busy week, sowing loads of seeds for my garden and helping other kids to plant seeds at a stall I ran at a local park event.

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Back in the garden with me, Green Fingered George…

Posted on 12/03/2017 by greenfingeredgeorge

Daffodils are poking through, the birds are busy in the garden and Gardener’s World is back on TV; it can only mean one thing……. Spring is on it’s way !!

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Social media can be great for us young gardeners

Posted on 05/03/2017 by greenfingeredgeorge

This week via my blog, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages I’ve had some brilliant gardening advice from other keen gardener; including help with my carnivorous plant, tips on planting pumpkin seeds and feedback about my blog from other young bloggers and it made me think … Continue reading →

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Happy 1st Blogging Birthday To Me !!!

Posted on 27/11/2016 by greenfingeredgeorge

Drum roll please……..it’s one year since I started #blogging and last week I hit 1000 followers and over 10,000 views!

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Feelin’ groovy

Posted on 15/05/2016 by greenfingeredgeorge

Me and my classmates took our SAT’s this week and it was a really stressful time, so this weekend I wanted to chill out and feel groovy! Has the sun made you feel groovy this weekend?!?!?

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