Planting for Pollinators – The RHS Chelsea 2022 Feature Garden
Chelsea Flower Show is back to its regular May slot for the first time since…
Browsing: The Garden
Indoor seed sowing – peat-free compost, worm casts and mole hills
As well as making my own compost, I buy all kinds of different peat-free composts…
Vegetable seeds – price comparison for 2021
Latest edition of the seed price index for 2021/22 available here. Earlier in 2020 the…
Leonardslee Gardens, Loder’s Sussex Jewel Reopened
When we moved into our home there were a few rhododendrons and azaleas dotted about…
Fertiliser from Lightning Bolts and Crimson Clover
If you’re anything like me you will no doubt relish a good thunderstorm for its…
Lunar Gardening – Should We Pay More Attention to the Moon?
As very young children we are taught to love the man in the moon. As…
Bone meal, a gruesome fairy-tale fertiliser?
Ever wondered what the Jack and the Beanstalk giant meant when he said “I’ll grind…
Metaldehyde Slug Pellets Finally Banned, What Are The Alternatives?
The UK government might not be doing a lot to impress anybody of late but…
Are Begonias and Kniphofias really #HorribleFlowers?
I really dislike formal planting in parks and local authority controlled areas, those immaculate rows…
How to Plant a Hedge in Autumn (an Ashridge Nurseries guide)
Towards the end of last year you may remember that I acquired another half plot…