Berries are among the most anticipated summer fruits – so why is it that gardeners are, more often than not, disappointed by them? The answer is three-fold: poor pruning, inadequate feeding, and insufficient watering.
Gardening
11 Tips for Successful Seed Sowing
Spring is on our doorstep, and seeds haven’t got any cheaper. In this season of seed-sowing, ...
Clamp It – how to make your veges last longer!
If you’re a gardener, you’re probably feeling irritated that your otherwise perfectly sound produce is now ...
Don’t Miss Out on these Fragrant Garden Delights
Spring is just around the corner, and one of the joys of the season is when ...
Plant Your Heritage
The season of tree planting is upon us, and what could be more exciting than an ...
Winter Cover Crops You Can Eat!
If there’s one thing we grown up gardeners can pretty much guarantee, it’s that our energy ...
Grow Your Own Tasty Treats
Grow Your Own Tasty Treats (without having to step into the garden!) When temperatures fall, the ...
Dainty But Deadly – the other side of hellebore history
Pushing through damp, cold, otherwise lifeless late-autumn soil, the dainty hellebore (commonly known as the ‘winter ...
Quinces Unmasked
Jude Gillies sets the record straight on an aromatic fruit.
Rose of the Month – Eye Spy
The Persica or Hulthemia roses have come into their own in recent years as several new ...




