How To Grow Peonies In Your Garden – Planting, Propagating and Care I want to share with you how to grow peonies in your garden, from which ones to choose to tips and help on planting, propagating and caring for them with confidence. These beautiful plants are a must and hopefully this article will encourage …
Step By Step Guide How To Plant Spring Flower Bulbs Follow my Step By Step Guide How To Plant Spring Flower Bulbs for a successful, colourful display that will be the envy of your friends, family and neighbours. One of the nicest September gardening tasks is planting all those lovely spring flowering bulbs that …
Lunar Gardening A Basic Guide To Gardening With The Moon I see that moon gardening is trending, it isn’t something that I have ever looked into. As a self professed Selenophile and professional as well as hobby gardener I have decided that it is high time I did some research into lunar gardening. I went …
Softwood Cuttings Technique 6 Easy Steps Propagating new plants by the softwood cuttings technique 6 easy steps is possibly one of the most satisfying gardening jobs you can do. If, as I am you are gardening on a budget, learning to propagate new plants from your favourite shrubs is a canny way to save money. …
Fun Gardening Ideas For Children I am a strong advocate for engaging children in their outdoor surroundings, environment and gardens. There are endless fun gardening ideas for children that will help you as parents, teachers, grandparents and family to give children a sound introduction to the joys of gardening. I sometimes think in these days …
How To Create A Green Roof On Your Garden Shed Developing additional green spaces is paramount to this planets’ well being. Natural green areas are becoming more and more scarce, particularly in cities and towns, we can help the environment by using all the outdoor space we have to grow plants in. So let’s take …
Autumn Lawn Maintenance in 5 Easy Steps Is your grass looking tired, patchy and generally in a state of disrepair? Don’t despair follow my autumn lawn maintenance in 5 easy steps and you will soon have your lawn ship shape again with an enviable bowling green quality to it. Clients often ask me how to …
How To Make Compost For The Garden I enjoy making compost, it’s a good feeling when you turn out the compost bin to find nutrient rich, organic humus that you can use on your garden, made from garden and organic household waste. In this article I am going to show you the best way …
How To Make A Rain Garden What is a Rain Garden? A rain garden is suitable for any garden where there are roofs from which to collect rain water, house roof and the roofs of outbuildings. The ideal garden needs a slope of less than 10%. The best time of year to build a rain …
Autumn Plants Containers Autumn plants containers are just what You want them to be. Don’t be afraid to experiment with colour and texture. There are no golden rules as far as I am concerned. Mix and match until you find a combination that pleases you. Some parts of your garden may be looking a …
