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  <description><![CDATA[North Oasis Works offers garden design, landscaping and planting in Harrogate and North Yorkshire. Measured by hand, built to last. Free initial consultation.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Late-Summer Garden Tasks Worth Doing in August]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[August is the month when a lot of gardens start to look a bit tired. The first flush of summer flowering is over, the lawn is often dry and patchy, and the borders have that slightly overgrown, end-of-term feeling. It's also one of the most useful months to do work that will pay off through autumn and into the following spring.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Choosing Plants for a North-Facing Garden]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A north-facing garden is not a difficult garden. It is a specific garden, and the difference matters. Most of the plants that struggle in shade do so because they were chosen for a sunnier spot and planted in the wrong place. Choose for the conditions you have, and a north-facing garden can be one of the most interesting spaces to plant.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 16:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Prepare Ground for Turf Properly]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Laying turf on poorly prepared ground is one of the most common reasons a new lawn fails within its first year. The turf itself is rarely the problem. What's underneath it almost always is. This guide covers the preparation steps that make the difference between a lawn that establishes well and one that patches, sinks and weeds over by the following spring.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:38:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dry-Stone Wall Repair in a Yorkshire Garden: What to Expect]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Dry-stone walls are one of the most characteristic features of Yorkshire gardens, and one of the most misunderstood. They look simple. Stones stacked without mortar. But a well-built dry-stone wall is a precise piece of engineering. When one starts to fail, the question is always whether to repair it or rebuild it, and the answer depends on where the failure is.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:38:50 GMT</pubDate>
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