by Sue Jeffries | Feb 13, 2023 | Cuttings, Edible, Fruit, pruning, therapeutic
Fruit Pruning for Wellbeing The challenge for therapeutic horticulturalists is to find meaningful gardening or nature-based tasks to do all year round. Some days in February it feels better to stay inside, but on a bright, sunny day in there’s nothing better...
by Sue Jeffries | Jan 2, 2020 | Container Gardening, Grow Your Own, Herbs, seeds, Vegetables
Growing vegetables in small spaces Don’t miss out on the fun and flavour and growing your own food. Even If you only have a backyard or paved space you can still grow a wide variety of vegetables, fruit or herbs. What can I grow in? You can grow in any type of...
by Sue Jeffries | Nov 1, 2019 | Beds & Borders, Lift and Divide
Why should you lift and divide perennials plants? Your garden can look great for the first few years after you’ve planted it. But then certain plants can start to take over and bully the more delicate ones. If you’re not careful you’ll be left with...
by Sue Jeffries | Feb 1, 2019 | Edible, Grow Your Own, seeds, Vegetables
How early can I start sowing vegetable seeds? We all get impatient for winter to end and the growing season to start, but it’s not a good idea to sow your vegetable seeds too early. Seeds sown into cold, wet soil without enough daylight are likely to rot (or...
by Sue Jeffries | Dec 31, 2018 | Fruit, Grow Your Own, Herbs, Plant Propagation, seeds, Vegetables
Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables You can always make space for a fruit, vegetable and herb area – however small your space. The satisfaction and extra taste you get from home grown produce will be worth the effort required. In the winter it may seem that...
by Sue Jeffries | Sep 27, 2018 | Cuttings, Plant Propagation
When to take Semi-ripe Cuttings You can take semi-ripe cuttings from plant stems and use them to grow new plants for free. They are just one type of stem cutting; you can take different types of cutting through the year – Hardwood cuttings are taken from...
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