1) The tools of the trade: You need loppers, a pruning saw, a knife, a pair of secateurs and a pair of thick gloves for effective and...

Most fruit trees will benefit from an annual removal of branches to encourage vigour and healthy fruit, even though such pruning can...

The end of the summer months and arrival of autumn can elicit a wide range of feelings and emotions in us gardeners. Soon, however, the...

When autumn delivers its bounty of fruitfulness, it also sends us a mountain of leaves. While many have fabulous colourful tints and look...

You may have some fruit and veg laying around from the months picking or just too much freshly grown produce to know what to do with it....

Autumn is a good time to get your pond in order and improve oxygen levels to help plants and wildlife. Cut back overhanging trees, shrubs...

Daffodils are cheap and easy to grow and will keep on coming back, year after year. This autumn, why not revamp your display by investing...

This is the Third and last addition to our quick and snappy posts about the vital veg to look after in September. This time we tell you...

Sow a crop of broad beans this autumn to overwinter for next year. Compared to French and runners, broad beans are trickier to grow. Like...

This is the second addition to our quick and snappy posts about the vital veg to look after in September. Start planting now! Cabbages...

Marshal samphire has been elevated in recent years to a culinary delicacy now grown commercially all over the world to meet popular...

Any well-rotted organic after makes a good mulch, but if you do not own a compost bin or do not want to pay the expense to order local...

Sowing indoors and outdoors You can directly sow in mid to late spring when soil temperatures are above 7 degrees C. For a late summer or...

Here is our quick and snappy post about the vital veg to start sowing NOW! Broad beans: Start these seeds now and in a few moths time you...

Confused? I completely understand why. As much as the English language wants us to believe a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is a Nut, it is in...

It can be slightly daunting when choosing a houseplant, questions you're bound to ask are: "where can I put it?", "is it easy to look...

It can be slightly daunting when choosing a houseplant, questions you're bound to ask are: "where can I put it?", "is it easy to look...

Divide herbaceous perennials Pick autumn raspberries Collect and sow seed from perennials and hardy annuals Dig up remaining potatoes...

Growing plants in containers is one of my favourite ways to garden. Come August, however, I’ve had it with deadheading and lugging...

For many people, a pristine lawn is paramount but moss is always likely to appear and what you do about it often depends on where the...