Getting your garden ready for spring
With a new year, comes 12 months full of fresh gardening possibilities and now’s the best time to get perfecting those outdoor spaces ready.
With a new year, comes 12 months full of fresh gardening possibilities and now’s the best time to get perfecting those outdoor spaces ready.
As we step into the season of growth, our gardens will continue to thrive with the right upkeep and care through spring...
How to get a perfect moss-free and weed-free lawn
The ban stopping the sale of bagged peat for the home gardener will mean that everyone will have to be gardening peat...
Aphids are the most common of all pests and almost every plant from the smallest shrub to the tallest oak tree can be...
This is the perfect time of year to propagate plants in your garden from cuttings, to produce lots of new plants for...
What could be more uplifting than drifts of butter-yellow daffodils announcing the arrival of spring?
Survival for birds can be challenging at any time of year, but in particular during the cold winter months.
Buddleia davidii is one of the most widely grown shrubs in UK gardens. Its common name, the ‘Butterfly Bush’, refers to...
There are numerous plant virus diseases, most of which are specific to one plant or group of plants. They can produce...
It’s not only Popeye that likes spinach. It is now a popular salad leaf, as well as a cooked vegetable and can be grown...
When should you feed and water your houseplants?
Mulching your garden helps trap valuable moisture in your soil improving the availability and uptake of nutrients, as...
Many gardeners get concerned when they see lichens growing on the branches of their trees and shrubs, thinking they are...
Delicious in pies, soups and stews, and full of vitamins and minerals, pumpkins are a tasty autumn and winter treat.
Limes are varieties of Citrus, closely related to oranges and lemons.