Top 12 Easy to Grow Vegetables and Fruit There are many reasons to grow your own, easy vegetables and fruit at home. It’s more satisfying, homegrown produce tastes delicious, no miles, no need to go shopping, no added chemicals, organic, grow your family favourites, good exercise, motivation for children to garden, gardening is good …
Ryobi OLM1833H ONE+ Cordless Lawn Mower I’ve used a Ryobi lawn mower for many years, I have had two in my time as a professional gardener, so even though they are built primarily for domestic use, being used at the most probably once a week in the spring and summer months, I have used mine …
Let’s Cover Up with 20 Best Flowering Ground Cover Plants Are you looking to fill some blank spaces in your garden this year? Do you have some areas that need further coverage with easy to grow and maintain plant options? You can’t go wrong with low growing seasonal and evergreen ground cover. There are …
Plants That Like A Shade Garden We all have a shady corner or aspect in our gardens and whether you are looking for plants for a whole garden that has a North facing aspect or for planting under trees and hedges in a small shady area, then these plants that like a shade garden …
Best Evergreen Windbreak Shrubs and Trees for Coastal Gardens When thinking about which shrubs and trees you need in your garden, one of many things that needs to be taken in to consideration is shelter. By this I mean shelter against the elements for all your other plants, ornamental features and for yourself. In …
20 Best Plants for a Coastal Garden Which foliage and flowering coastal plants will survive and thrive, and how to design your beautiful beach garden. Bringing your outdoor space to life in a coastal area is not difficult as long as you take strong winds, often poor, sandy, dry soil and salt air in to …
The Best Unusual Gardeners Gifts It’s coming up to the busiest time of year for the giving and receiving of gifts. ThanksGiving and Christmas will be upon us in the blink of an eye. Of course there are always birthdays, name-days, anniversaries and engagements and many other occasions occurring all through the year that we …
Why I Love Gardening I am writing this blog, to explain more why I love gardening and how it helps me. In doing so I hope help and to encourage more people to get out and do some gardening. Is gardening good for you? Is a question I am often asked. Yes it most definitely …
The summer plant sale is now on… Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, Trees, Shrubs and garden tools, sheds, greenhouses and much, much more. Check through the links here for some fabulous, floribundant garden bargains. It’s the time of year for bagging bargains galore in the world of gardening. It is also the time for planning what you …
Bees and Butterflies Plants We have become much more aware in recent years of how delicate the whole ecosystem is. Decades of pesticides and chemicals use as well as bad practices within horticulture and farming has led to a crisis in bee and pollinator numbers. We can help revive, then sustain the insect population …
