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Garden Fencing vs Hedging: Pros and Cons

Garden Fencing vs Hedging: Pros and Cons

28.08.2024

Whether you're moving into a new build or you're looking to improve an existing boundary that has deteriorated, the thorny (pun intended) question of fenci … Read more

28.08.2024

How To Make a Wildlife Pond

How To Make a Wildlife Pond

29.05.2024

Honestly, do you ever think about how weird it is that ‘pond life’ has become a derogatory phrase and insult, when actual pond life contains some of th … Read more

29.05.2024

Maintaining a Garden Pond

Maintaining a Garden Pond

13.02.2024

Maintaining a garden pond fosters a healthy ecosystem, providing the suitable environment for fish and plants to thrive. It's important to practice r … Read more

By admin
13.02.2024

A Guide To Planting Bare Root Trees

A Guide To Planting Bare Root Trees

13.02.2024

As regular readers will know, I had to take down over half of my trees due to ash die back disease. Sadly, that has left my little patch of land lookin … Read more

13.02.2024

How Frost Affects Your Plants

How Frost Affects Your Plants

18.01.2024

As winter approaches in the second half of the year it's important to consider protecting your plants from cold weather - and the damage that can be caus … Read more

18.01.2024

Supporting wild birds over winter

Supporting wild birds over winter

13.11.2023

If you were alive 144 million years ago, you wouldn't need to worry about providing winter food for wild birds because you would have been on the menu yo … Read more

13.11.2023

Seeds and Seed Germination

Seeds and Seed Germination

19.10.2023

As you will know if you read last week’s mail, we kicked off our winter plant biology series with roots (I was going from the bottom up), but, in retrosp … Read more

By Andrew
19.10.2023

Plant Roots and How They Work

Plant Roots and How They Work

12.10.2023

As we slip into the cooler weather of October there is very little we can sow now (apart from some cold tolerant  Asian salads) so, as per last week … Read more

12.10.2023

Foodscaping - Edible Landscaping

Foodscaping - Edible Landscaping

15.06.2023

Edible landscaping or foodscaping is the practice of interspersing ornamental plant displays with edible crops, often in a way that creates a lush and colourful … Read more

15.06.2023

How To Clean Outdoor Furniture

How To Clean Outdoor Furniture

10.05.2023

Outdoor or patio furniture makes for a great addition to your garden, allowing you to spend time in the fresh air with family or just sit and soak in the sere … Read more

10.05.2023