I asked my excellent Data and Equality Officer to look at our demographics again. I wanted to know if my attempts to diversify the LTW workforce by sex, ethnicity and age were having an impact. She looked at data since 2015. The group has grown about 50%. From 100 in 2015 to 155 in 2022. …
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What you need to know about mulch
Mulch, in the simplest terms, is a layer you add on top of your garden soil. There are lots of benefits to adding mulch to your garden but there are also a few downsides you should be aware of so you can choose what will work best for you. What is mulc…
Self-watering in the greenhouse
We’ve made no secret of how much we love and how successful our current self-watering planters have been over the last 8 years. We have 3 quadgrow units in the greenhouse which we use to grow tomatoes, peppers and aubergines and we’ve even …
Florida Weave: how I’m supporting tall tomato plants in my raised beds
Building a florida weave tomato trellis using bamboo canes and string is easy and cheap and provides amazing support for growing both determinate bush tomatoes and indeterminate cordon tomatoes.
How To Pinch Out Your Dahlia Plants To Force More Flowers
There are a lot of small things you can do which make huge gains in your gardening, pinching out the growing tips on some plants is on of these easy wins. For new gardeners, the idea of pinching or snipping off the top of a plant can be terrifying. Esp…
How to pinch out your dahlia plants to force more flowers
There are a lot of small things you can do which make huge gains in your gardening, pinching out the growing tips on some plants is on of these easy wins.
For new gardeners, the idea of pinching or snipping off the top of a plant can be terrifying. Es…
How to harden off your plants before putting them outdoors
If you have grown plants indoors or using heat and grow lights in order to get a jump start on the season. Then the next step before you transplant them out into your garden is to harden them off. It sounds like a traumatic, complicated thing, but real…
We tried making a planter from an old pallet
There’s no doubt about it, your garden is never big enough. So when you run out of space for flower beds, veg beds, herb beds or collections of containers. Vertical gardening is the next option. The idea of vertical gardening is that you make use of sp…
1991: Man ‘Stole His Own Airplane’
Amersham Advertiser, 4th December 1991 PILOT Martin Daniels has appeared in court accused of stealing his own plane. Daniels, 38, of Manor Lane, Gerrards Cross, is alleged to have stolen his £140,000 Cessna 421C from a hangar before flying it to Exeter. The plane had been undergoing repairs at Leavesden Flight Centre, Watford and a […]
1898: Accident
Watford Observer, 2nd April 1898 A shocking accident occurred on Monday afternoon just outside Mr. Pusey’s stables. An elderly man named Stevens, in the employ of Mr. Wilcox of Waterdell, was driving a cart with a load of turnips when the young horse started suddenly, and the poor man was thrown off and run over, […]
1877: Horse For Sale
Watford Observer, 24th February 1877
A VERY handsome brown HORSE for Sale, used to all sorts of farm work, would make a splendid van horse. Apply at the “Hammer In Hand,” Leavesden Green.
1874: Petty Sessions
Watford Observer, 10th January 1874 PETTY SESSIONS – January 6th Present – Viscount Malden, in the chair; the Rev. A.H. Barker, Lieut-General Sir Walter Walker, and T. Bagnall, Esq. ASSAULT William Chalk, of Leavesden, was charged with assaulting James Deering, at Leavesden, in the parish of Watford, on Saturday, December 27th. The defendant pleaded not […]