The Great Pepper Pruning Adventure: navigating the Ups and Downs of Summer Pruning
Pruning is always a scary topic, especially if you are relatively new to gardening so this is your advanced warning
How I deal with aphids in the greenhouse and garden
There are certain topics (or questions) that I can always expect at certain points throughout the year, and May until
What you need to know about mulch
Mulch, in the simplest terms, is a layer you add on top of your garden soil. There are lots of
Self-watering in the greenhouse
We’ve made no secret of how much we love and how successful our current self-watering planters have been over the
Florida Weave: supporting tall tomato plants outdoors in Scotland
Building a florida weave tomato trellis using bamboo canes and string is easy and cheap and provides amazing support for
How To Pinch Out Your Dahlia Plants To Force More Flowers
There are a lot of small things you can do which make huge gains in your gardening, pinching out the
How to harden off your plants before putting them outdoors
If you have grown plants indoors or using heat and grow lights in order to get a jump start on
We tried making a planter from an old pallet
There’s no doubt about it, your garden is never big enough. So when you run out of space for flower
Don’t let garden jargon get you down
If you ever have a conversation with me about gardening, one of the things you’ll notice is that I don’t
Planting up those dahlia tubers
I fell in love with dahlias by accident back in 2012. I had no idea what a dahlia was, back
Growing petunias from seed
There is a bit of trepidation about growing petunias from seed, with most gardeners preferring to buy small plug plants
The March greenhouse, sowing tomatoes, peppers and dahlia
It’s been a hard year so far, after my decision to hang back from early seed sowing and instead wait
