By Martina Mercer After chatting about the benefits of perennial plug plants, hopefully you’re armed with little boxes of plugs that don’t look like something you’d buy in an electrical shop and eager to create your instant landscape you want to plonk them in the ground as soon as possible, however, there are some general tips […]
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How to Grow Your Own in a Small or Established Garden
Those in rented property often don’t have permission to dig up the lawn to create a vegetable patch, leaving them with no choice but to live with the flower borders and bushes of someone else’s landscaping dreams. However there are ways you can grow your own in amongst the buddleias and the heathers, giving an […]
The Best Shops for Gifts for Young Gardeners
We have put together a guide on buying gifts for young gardeners. Below are our favourite stores for finding the gift that will keep your loved ones big and small entertained in the great outdoors. The Eden Project The Eden Project has a wide range of gifts for those kids that love the great outdoors. […]
The Proper Polish Bantams
The Proper Polish Bantams The smallest of the bantam family in terms of body size, The Polish Bantams have a different look to many other varieties due to their array of different styles of top knots. History There’s still quite a lot of debate about the origin of the Polish Bantam, however one thing has […]
The Secrets of the Silkie Bantam
The Secrets of the Silkie Bantam! A noble bantam the Silkie is a fantastic addition to any brood of chickens. In a variety of colours, the Silkie will strut proudly across any paddock giving a fabulous display of their fashionable feathers. With fluffy feet and tiny beak the Silkie Bantam could be mistaken for being […]
Heathers Keep Colour in the Garden this Month
In the cold winter months Heathers can be counted on to keep the garden full of colour while many prefer to stay warm inside. With over 4,000 varieties to choose from, there is a heather to suit every garden – just one great reason for it to be theHorticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Plant of the […]
Houseplant of the Month!
The houseplant of the month for December is the Phalaenopsis Orchid, an elegant and feminine plant with slender stems, shiny leaves and butterfly-like flowers. Fluttering flowers Stemming from the Greek ‘Phalaina’ meaning ‘moth’, and ‘opsis’ meaning ‘like’, the Phalaenopsis flower resembles the fluttering wings of a moth, whilst possessing the beautiful colours of a butterfly. […]
Keeping Warm For Less When Working in Winter
This guest post has been written for us by the team at Business Save who are experts in finding the best tariffs for business gas and electricity customers as well as residential bill payers. For those who spend a lot of time trying to keep their workshop warm, whether it is a place for hobbies […]
Give Your Bantams a New Year Makeover with Wiggly Wigglers
Give Your Bantams a New Year Makeover with Diatoms! Our Bantams are having a lovely winter, with mild conditions affording them a cosy home and even some time on the paddocks. However the mild conditions as every poultry owner and gardener know bring other concerns that have to be considered. Mild but Menacing! Although we’re […]
The Big Garden Makeover – Week 1
We’ve moved, from the Manor House to a farm and now we have a Herculean task on our hands but we’re not complaining! The farm is really a smallholding yet it is completely overgrown, which seems a shame as every job is fraught with bramble and nettle danger. Here’s a little look at it before […]