If you’re a gardener, you may not have heard of chitting, but you’ve almost certainly carried ...
Gardening
War Gardens: A Journey through Conflict in Search of Calm
Only the most foolhardy would want to follow in Lalage Snow’s footsteps, but War Gardens: A ...
Another daphne dead? It may not be your fault!
Winter has come and gone and we’re well and truly in the midst of spring, so ...
Gardening in October – Using mulches
October is the ‘calm before the storm’ for rose lovers before we head into November and ...
Yacon: An exciting South American tuber to grow this spring
South America is just on the other side of the Pacific Ocean – which is why, ...
The sustainable gardener
As gardeners, we like to think we’re doing what’s right for the world by growing our ...
Rose of the month: Waterlily
After a number of years of few new introductions of patio type roses in the New ...
Basal shoots and suckers
Hopefully, by now your pruning has been completed and your roses are starting to shoot into ...
Hanging baskets made easy (and cheaply)
There’s little else as eye-catching as a hanging floral basket yet, as anyone who’s tried to ...
A must-have top taste everyone can grow
Everyone can grow it – not just the green-fingered. And once you have this delicious flavour ...





