by Sue Jeffries | Nov 2, 2018 | Beds & Borders, Grow Your Own, Mulching, Soil improvement
Feed your soil We are often encouraged to apply feeds and fertilisers to plants in our garden. However, mulching can create the basic foundation for happy and healthy plants by improving the soil. If you’re lucky, you may have a garden with beautiful crumbly...
by Sue Jeffries | Sep 13, 2018 | Grow Your Own, Herbs, Scent, Wildlife Gardening
Herbs in the Garden Herbs, rather than short-lived flowers, can provide fragrance all year round in the garden with their aromatic, often evergreen, leaves. Brush past a mint or sage plant or rub the leaves of lavender or thyme between your fingers and the herb leaves...
by Sue Jeffries | Sep 7, 2018 | Grow Your Own, Plant Propagation, Seed collecting, seeds
Seed Collecting Your garden, and other green spaces, are constantly producing seed from their existing plants. Flowering plants strive to reproduce and spread themselves by a range of different means. However, seed production is one of the most successful as the...
by Sue Jeffries | Feb 23, 2018 | Grow Your Own
Many of us only have small gardens but it is still possible to grow tasty home-grown produce in a backyard, windowsill or balcony. If you choose your vegetable types and varieties carefully, you can cultivate plants that will thrive in containers and pots. Lettuce,...
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