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.
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First spring feed and cut
As we step into the season of growth, our gardens will continue to thrive with the right upkeep and care through spring...
Peat free myths busted!
The ban stopping the sale of bagged peat for the home gardener will mean that everyone will have to be gardening peat...
What to do in your garden in April
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Sowing seed outdoors
Hardy annual flower seeds and seeds of many vegetables and salad crops can be sown directly outdoors in garden soil...
Make your own vertical garden
Many of us would love to be able to enjoy the beauty and tranquillity of nature at home but do not think we have the...
Red squirrels: everything you need to know
When did you last see a red squirrel and where were you? Or perhaps you’ve never seen one? There are only about 140,000...
How and when to prune hydrangeas
Hydrangeas are an asset to any garden. Flowering in late summer, they brighten up our borders just as other plants are...
Growing hydrangeas
Hydrangeas have a romantic elegance reminiscent of times gone by, and with their large, long- flowering blooms and...
Square foot gardening
What is square foot gardening? Square Foot Gardening (SFG), as the name suggests, involves building raised beds...
Straight answers to plant feeding
When it comes to feeding your plants, there are several ways of doing it. There are multi-purpose general feeds that can...
Types of birds
Feeding birds isn't just about scattering a few crumbs on the ground and hoping for the best. To attract different types...
Smuts
Smut diseases aren't common in gardens, but one that is often seen is sweetcorn smut. Description A fungus that is...
How and when to take plant cuttings
Taking cuttings from a plant is easy to do once you know how. It costs very little and you don’t need complicated...
European national flowers
Many non-native plants can happily survive in other regions of the world, which has given gardeners more choice than...
Pansy and violets (Viola)
There are numerous species and varieties of Viola that are fabulous garden plants. These range from the small-flowers of...