10 Steps To A Perfect English Cottage Garden Design The quintessential English cottage garden design remains a firm favourite with many gardeners. Overflowing, curved borders are quite simply a joy to behold. Planted to look natural and wild they are the perfect antidote to regimented precision. Imagine a profusion of floriferous plants all a …
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What should I do in the Garden in March? Jobs to do
What Jobs To Do In The Garden in March There are plenty of jobs to do in the garden in March as this is a busy month in our gardens but if we can do certain things now we give ourselves a good head start. March is a time for growth and new beginnings. …
7 Easy Assemble Gardening Raised Bed Kits
7 Easy Assemble Gardening Raised Bed Kits More of you are deciding to have a go at growing your veg and fruit, some of you may have plenty of experience in doing so, others are novices veg growers, either way easy assemble gardening raised beds kits are a popular way of using space in your …
Funky Veg Kit by Plant Theatre
Funky Veg Kit By Plant Theatre With the current world wide situation of lockdowns and uncertainty, many of you are trying your hand at gardening for the first time. The trend in sowing, growing and enjoying home grown vegetables has grown exponentially in the last few months. I will help and inspire you a …
What Jobs To Do In The Garden In June
What Jobs To Do In The Garden In June Summer has arrived, the days are longer, warmer, brighter. Lots of beautiful perennial plants are coming into bloom, gardens are becoming a riot of life and bold colour. The grass is growing several inches per day it seems. People are asking me What Jobs To …
All Summer Blooming Flowers
All Summer Blooming Flowers Don’t you just love spring and summer? I do. Each day we gain more daylight time, gardens are lush and colourful, blossom is blooming in the hedgerows, fruit trees are popping, buzzing with pollinators, it’s a wonderful time of year. Now is the time to sow the seeds for all summer …
What Jobs to do in the Garden in May
What Jobs To Do In The Garden In May “Cherry pink and Apple Blossom white” As April comes to a close, we enter what is possibly one of our prettiest months. Read What Jobs To Do In The Garden In May to find out which tasks should be done this month. The first of …
Top 12 Easy to Grow Vegetables and Fruit
Top 12 Easy To Grow Vegetables And Fruit There are many reasons to start your own, easy to grow 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 …
What is the Best Soil for Plants?
What Is The Best Soil For Plants? I am often asked – what is the best soil for plants? Of course the answer will depend on which plants are to be grown. Whether you’re needing soil for the garden borders, containers, types of specialised soils required for particular plants, are all considerations that need to …
Plants That Grow Well In Clay Soil
Plants That Grow Well In Clay Soil Not all clay soil properties are bad. Let’s first change this common mind-set that nothing grows in it. There are many lovely plants that grow well in clay soil, in fact they positively thrive in it. What Is Clay Soil? Clay soil has a very fine …