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ALI MARSHALL: Potted history of abbey gardens

THIS is one of those weeks when I'm getting to enjoy some of the more interesting and unusual perks of the job in between getting my hands dirty and mowing the lawns.Tonight, I will be attending the...

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Where to go and what to do in South Devon

HERE is your ultimate, insiders guide to the best places to eat, drink, have fun and then sleep in South Devon.We have combed through hundreds of nominations and chosen the best in our 2015 South Devon...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Plenty to celebrate as hard work in...

IF LAST week I gave you the impression that my has job a glamorous side to it — all awards ceremonies and modelling shoots, rest assured that this week I am back down to earth with a bump — such...

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MICHELLE MEREDITH: This a right, NOT a luxury

DO YOU remember that time at school, aged around 10 or 11, when the painfully awkward teacher pulled you and all the other girls aside to give you that rite of passage life choice: menstruation...

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Forget medieval peasants eating weeds, why not grow leeks?

OUTSIDE it's pouring with rain and windy — it must be half term. Nothing else could explain the sudden change after several weeks of quiet pleasant weather.Until today (pretty sure that by the time I...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Time to get out and brave the rain

I APPRECIATE gardening in the drizzling rain and wind may not be your first choice of fun things to do, at least not when there is a new James Bond film out, but anyone who aspires to grow vegetables...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Making sense of this mumbo jumbo

LIKE MOST parents, I imagine, my partner and I spent many a long evening having long and heated discussions about the right name for our future offspring — when we possibly should have been thinking...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Leave a legacy... plant a tree this...

THERE'S a Chinese proverb which says: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago... the next best time is today."If you were planting trees 20 years ago then you can sit back with a cup of cocoa...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Nature's 'waste not, want not'...

FIRST of all I may have an apology to make. According to my husband the column about plant names left him feeling more confused than ever about the subject.I gather from him I wrote as if I had...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: The twelve plants of Christmas...

TODAY, in a festive mood, I thought I'd write about all the things my true love could send to me — although I'd prefer it if he didn't send them all at once and there was at least some chocolate...

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Winners a winner at regional gym awards

WINNERS 2000 in Torquay was again voted the National Fitness Awards Southern Gym of the Year in 2015, the fourth consecutive year it has achieved the honour. They were presented with the trophy at a...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: My top 10 New Year's resolutions

THE two-week Christmas break is over already. Normally, I would have enjoyed the chance to get my own garden into shape, and work off some of the turkey and pudding but the weather being what it is...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: The rose... our favourite flower

FOR THE next two months Torre Abbey and the gardens will be closed to the public — though the garden may have the odd free open day towards the end of next month if all goes to plan.This is our...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Rain has robbed us of Mother...

I DON'T think I have ever been more grateful for cold weather — finally a window of opportunity to tackle important winter jobs as well as having enough time to see what may be popping up in the...

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Online Dating - get your motor running!

Advertisement Feature If you want to find true love then you need to brush up on your driving skills. That's according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists, which found that road rage, using a phone...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Rain forces us to abandon home and...

TO START today — an apology from the team at Torre Abbey Gardens. Just as we were getting back into our work routine after the seasonal festivities, the weather finally showed us just how much...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Turn your garden into wildlife haven

UNSURPRISINGLY, mud and rain are foremost in my mind at the moment. Thanks to the person who shared a link with me online, I have found myself humming 'Mud, glorious mud' almost constantly as I watch...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Joy of grasses swaying in the wind

FOR SOMEONE who works in a peaceful enclosed garden away from the hurly burly of modern life, I seem to have spent a disproportionate amount of my week dealing with heavy machinery and a completely...

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GO FOR IT: Getting ready to Glow in the Park

WITH Glow in the Park set for Saturday evening, it's time to get pumped for one of the most colourful fun-runs of the year. The run will give the people of Torbay the chance to Glow in the Park. You...

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GARDENING with ALI MARSHALL: Using herbs is as old as humanity...

ANOTHER very busy and damp week at Torre Abbey, but at least now I can say the builders have finished their work, the machinery has gone and we are starting to move forward again.I doubt very much if...

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