Fruit and veg
Starting a vegetable garden
The thought of fresh, tasty food that you have grown yourself in a vegetable garden is very tempting for many, but where do you start?
Plants and shrubs
Making the most of perennials
What are perennials and how do you look after them? Advice for perennial growing
Plants and shrubs
Taking a cutting from an euonymus
Euonymus are fast growing so make sure you make you take cuttings to create new plants every year
Plants and shrubs
Protecting plants from the frost
How to keep your plants safe and sound from the overnight frosts
Plants and shrubs
Preventing ice plants from collapsing
Cutting back ice plants can help to produce produce even more flowers and a stronger plant.
Pest and diseases
Slugs – preventing the destruction
Slugs and snails will cause no end of damage to your plants and flowers and their destructive path needs to be stopped. Outlined here are several approaches you can take to put a stop to their havoc. Slugs and snails like the damp and because of the way they produce Read more…
Flowers and bulbs
Bulbs to plant in Autumn
Get those bulbs in the ground before it gets colds to encourage the growth in spring
Pest and diseases
How ants can be your warning beacon for greenfly
Ants climbing on your plants can be a sign of aphid infestation.