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 […]
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Make Your Garden Your Own Jungle Gym!
As keen gardeners there’s something we’re quite smug about. Being a former regular at the gym I always wondered why along with the treadmills and the rowing machines they didn’t have a digging machine too. Whilst enjoying our garden, whether watering the plants or trimming hedges, we’re all benefitting from some great exercise, so next […]
How to Make Money on Plants You Own
How to Make Money on Plants You Own One of the best advantages of gardening is that no matter what your budget you can enjoy it while enjoying an incredible return on your investment in plants. There are so many ways to make your plants go further so you don’t have to spend hundreds of […]
The Phenomenon of the Superfood Gardener
A rising number of health conscious adults are opting to grow their own superfoods in a bid to save money and make the most of their own outdoor space, as 1 in 4 admit to growing their own versions of the often expensive foods. A survey by garden and conservatory furniture etailer, Alfresia.co.uk, has found […]
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 […]
The Benefits of Bedding Plants
By Martina Mercer I used to avoid bedding plants as much as possible as the annual nature made me believe they were not great value for money. However over the past few years I’ve been converted and now as well as bulbs, herbs and perennials, bedding plants have pride of place in all of my borders. […]
Take a Tip From Tom’s Midnight Garden
Those of you that have been following my Manor House escapades will understand the huge task that faces me on a weekend as I try to bring the gardens back to their former glory. With six feet deep borders of nettles, brambles and poison ivy, it’s easy to become disheartened as I quite simply don’t […]
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 […]
Making the Most of a Winter Garden
Replacing a plant doesn’t mean buying a completely new one because if you are aware that a plant is nearing the end of its lifecycle you can take cuttings so the original remains. Strawberries There’s some debate as to whether strawberries are considered to be biannual or not, as they will fruit after the second […]
January Gardening
We may have only just welcomed 2012 into lives but a gentle stroll will prove that spring is most definitely on the way. On close inspection of the garden, snowdrops have appeared and begun flowering, whereas the fragrant pink blossom is hanging daintily already from the cherry trees! Of course this early show of spring […]