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The red stalks of rhubarb are deserved favourites with custard, but many domestic specimens are left slowly expanding for years in a general fog of neglect. It is, after all, a herbaceous perennial, and is readily propagated by division. Get a spade and fork and lift the whole plant out of the ground on a damp day. With the retired carving knife that resides in every shed, cut through the tissue to excise a chunk incorporating shoot and root. Replant the mother, and find a spot for the offspring in a bit of ground enriched with organic matter.
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A sublime Huf Haus in West Sussex with some of the finest gardens in the countyWhitehanger in the Marley Heights was built in 2011 and is ' functional, affordable and easy to maintain'.
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World-famous Junction Beat on the River Tweed is up for sale for the first time in 50 yearsBreak out the rod, tackle and chequebook, as one of the world's most celebrated stretches of salmon angling hits the market.
