Keen gardeners will now be enjoying the taste of their fresh tomatoes on their plate. Although it’s a little late to start growing your own this year we recommend you become prepared so you can experience the difference fresh tomatoes bring to any Italian dish. Tinned tomatoes undoubtedly make a good substitute when fresh are […]
Category Archives: Teens
How to Please Yourself While Pleasing the Children Too
Please Yourself While Pleasing the Children This last week I’ve been stepping out into the garden a lot more as the weather has become pleasantly warm. It’s no secret that I work 8-6 every weekday writing so when I do have any time off I’m usually surrounded by my three adorable children (*cough). This of […]
New Video Gardening Series for Young Homeowners
Origin, a British manufacturer of bi-fold doors, windows and blinds, has launched a series of ‘how to’ gardening videos with Chelsea Flower Show gold award winner and Director of the Young Horticultural Society, Jack Shilley. The series, named ‘The Great Gardening Gap’, is designed to give young homeowners the knowledge and confidence to get into […]
Gardening Helps Improve Young Offenders’ Health and Wellbeing
Female young offenders at Styal Prison have created a Show Garden at the 2015 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower Show Tatton Park (22 – 26 July). As a result of gardening, they report to be eating and sleeping better and have an improved sense of wellbeing. This is the fourth consecutive year that staff and female […]
Make Growing your own Veg Simple with this Interactive Guide
Good to be Home, the digital magazine of Anglian Home Improvements, have produced an interactive vegetable growing guide that allows users to create a personalised guide based on where they live, what they want to grow and where they want to grow it. Growing your own veg is simple when you know how! You can […]
Gardening Jobs to do in May
May is such a wonderful time for gardeners and also very busy. Finally the growth speeds up and as jobs are completed the fruits of our labour are showcased around us. It can be a full time job keeping on top of everything, yet when the weather is good it’s one that we’d all do […]
How to Encourage Children into the Garden
Encourage Children to Step Outside In this day and age with electricity taken for granted many children choose media as a form of entertainment; whether it’s YouTube, Facebook or gaming online it all burns energy while frazzling brain cells too. Here are some ideas for how to encourage children into the garden and away from […]
Gardening in a Cold Climate
Knowing how to make the most of gardening in a cold climate can not only allow those who live in the coldest spots in Britain to enjoy fresh vegetables and lush green foliage, it also helps those of us who would like to spend more time with our plants over winter. After the autumn harvest […]
Vegetables for Border Beauty
Vegetables for Border Beauty I started planting vegetables in my flower borders when I had a tiny garden and wanted to maximise the space. However I now have a rather large acre with a substantial vegetable patch yet I still choose to integrate vegetables into the flower borders. Nothing beats the thrill of watching a […]