Pat Hubbard
Pat Hubbard is Technical and Product Manager at Marshalls, hers is the enviable position of selecting the product range for the catalogue. Pat makes regular visits each year to grower trials of both vegetables and ornamentals to assess the latest developments and new varieties on offer. Customer satisfaction is top of her list of priorities when trialling new varieties, ensuring only the tastiest and most reliable products make it on to the pages of the Marshalls Catalogue.
Pat has worked in horticulture for over twenty-five years and has been a passionate gardener all her adult life. Although she only has a fairly small garden she managed to talk her husband into building four raised beds in 2006 so she could start growing vegetables again, and she now has a small but productive plot where she grows her favourites.
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05 May 2011 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Damping Off DiseaseIf you are a keen gardener who enjoys growing from seed you will probably have come across Damping Off Disease at one time or another. It mostly affects seedlings of annual bedding and vegetables, but can be a problem on a wide range of plants.
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23 March 2011 | Posted in Food by Pat Hubbard
Pats Plot 23rd MarchAmazing what a difference a couple of warm days will do in a cold greenhouse.
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19 March 2011 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Pats Plot 19th MarchI seem to be on my hands and knees a lot lately trying to pull out all the little seedlings of Speedwell that seeds itself everywhere - it’s a pretty little blue flower but I really don’t want it all over my borders - it’s rampaging over the lawn too!
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18 March 2011 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Let the Children Grow!A simple way to get kids outside in the fresh air is to foster an interest in growing their own plants, be it vegetables or flowers.
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13 March 2011 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Pats Plot 13th MarchIt was a nice fine day on Sunday so I finished off weeding the vegetable beds they weren’t too bad really just a bit of chickweed to pull out. I then raked them over ready for sowing and covered one of them with a couple of layers of fleece to warm the soil up a bit.
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19 November 2009 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Crop Rotation at a GlanceCrop Rotation at a Glance - improve soil structure and fertility and help control pests and diseases that affect a specific plant family.
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04 August 2009 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Marshalls At Hampton Court Flower ShowMarshalls Win a Silver Gilt at Hampton Court Flower Show 2009! Pat Hubbart talks about this years stand.
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02 July 2009 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Pat's Plot - Dealing With The Pests & Heat!Having managed to get the garden in good order before we went away there hasn’t been too much really hard work to do, just a bit of easy weeding and of course harvesting all those lovely veggies that have come on in leaps and bounds over the last month.
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04 April 2009 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Pat's Plot - Potting Up My First PlantsThe sun came out on Saturday afternoon so we managed to get the two extra raised beds built. Once that was done I spent the rest of the afternoon potting up bedding plug plants.
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29 March 2009 | Posted in Gardening by Pat Hubbard
Pat's Plot - Raised Bed GardeningThank goodness the garden is officially weed-free (at the moment)! We finally finished weeding the raised beds and I couldn’t believe how many weeds had grown among the brassicas in just a couple of weeks
