Gardening Articles

The Vegetable Garden in February

Jobs to do in the vegetable garden or allotment in February. Click the links to find out more about gardening tasks and specific vegetables. Seeds to sow indoors in a heated greenhouse or on a sunny... 

Time to Force your Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a vegetable (not fruit) loved by many and extremely easy to grow as long as you give it the room. Rhubarb can be grown from seed sown in April but it is much better to plant “crowns”... 

How to Grow Carrots

Carrot  Go to Carrot Troubles Sowing Time Planting Time Soil Spacing Cutting / Lifting Time Storage Cooking Unless growing carrots for show purposes grow them... 

How to Grow Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts  Go to Brussels Sprouts Troubles Sowing Time Planting Time Soil Spacing Cutting / Lifting Time Storage Cooking Do not grow Brussels Sprouts... 

The Vegetable Garden in January

Jobs to do in the vegetable garden or allotment in January. Click the links to find out more about gardening tasks and specific vegetables. Seeds to sow indoors in a heated greenhouse or on a sunny... 

Jobs to do in January

In the Flower Garden: Plant bare-root roses, trees and shrubs Prune standard roses Take hardwood cuttings from shrubs Remove dead stems and leaves from perennials Tidy grasses In... 

Looking after your lawn in Winter

Try to rest the lawn as much as possible during winter. If practical keep off when wet or frosty, as the grass plants are not actively growing; they will not repair themselves if damaged until the... 

Jobs to do in December

In the Flower Garden: Move patio containers to a sheltered spot if very cold Plant out Wallflowers Plant out new rose bushes Take root cuttings of suitable perennials Move shrubs growing... 

How to Grow Garlic

Garlic  Click here for Garlic Troubles Sowing Time Planting Time Soil Spacing Cutting / Lifting Time Storage Cooking Garlic grows well in any sunny, fertile... 

How to Grow Onions

Onions  Click here for Onion Troubles Sowing Time Planting Time Soil Spacing Cutting / Lifting Time Storage Cooking Onions can be grown from Sets or from Seed.... 

How to Grow Beans

Beans  Click here for Bean Troubles Sowing Time Planting Time Soil Spacing Cutting / Lifting Time Storage Cooking Broad Bean Very easy to grow from... 

How to Grow Parsnips

Parsnip  Click here for Parsnip Troubles Sowing Time Planting Time Soil Spacing Cutting / Lifting Time Storage Cooking Parsnips require very little attention... 

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Book, Product and Website Reviews

New Gardening Gifts Website

I have recently come across a lovely website which concentrates on selling great practical, but beautiful, gardening gifts and accessories as well as garden furniture. The website is The Cottage Gardener... 

Places to Stay for Garden Lovers

Special Places to Stay in Britain for Garden Lovers is an essential buy if you love gardens and enjoy visiting other peoples gardens. If you can pull yourself away from your own garden for a few days... 

Book Review: The Time-saving Garden

My Review of Reader’s Digest ‘The Time-saving Garden’. The time-saving garden says that you can achieve and maintain a beautiful garden with minimal time and effort so I sat down with a cup of... 

Blog of the Month – Plantpassion

Blog of the Month – Plantpassion by Claire Brown. Claire’s bio says that she is a Professional Gardener, Plant Advisor and lover of plants which I think comes through in her blog. I found... 

Blog of the Month – My Tiny Plot

Looking around for new and exciting blogs, this month I came across My Tiny Plot. My Tiny Plot is the diary of Gillian Carson and her vegetable patch in Bath, England. Her philosophy is all about growing... 

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Plants in our Garden

Plants in Our Garden – Camellia

Camellia x Williamsii Debbie has been on a container for about eight years now and it has always flowered well. It has deep pink flowers during February and into March but the glossy, dark green foliage... 

Plants in Our Garden – Flower Carpet Red Velvet

This is Flower Carpet Red Velvet a ground cover rose. It has lovely bright red flowers with a yellow centre and glossy, rich green foliage. I have put mine in a container as I don’t have much... 

Plants in Our Garden – Dicentra spectabilis

Dicentra spectabilis or Bleeding Heart is one of the first plants to emerge in late spring and has arching sprays of dainty, rose-pink, heart-shaped flowers above fern-like, fresh green leaves. It is... 

Plants in Our Garden – Giant Snowflake

Leucojum Gravetye Giant or Giant Snowflake is a lovely plant, the flowering looking like a very large snowdrop. The foliage is bright green with stems of about 14ins (36cm). They are a great addition... 

Plants in Our Garden – The Gardening Register Rose

For my birthday in 2008 I received a Name a Rose Gift Box which contained a number of rose seeds, a label and some instructions. I sowed the seeds, following the instructions, and was very surprised... 

Plants in Our Garden – Hibiscus

I love Hibiscus as they look so exotic and I still wonder at how they flower so well each year in my North facing garden. The variety I have is Hibiscus syriacus ‘Oiseau Bleu’ which has... 

Plants in our Garden – Aquilegia

There are lots of varieties of Aquilegia (or granny’s bonnet) and I have three or four in my garden but my favourite is photographed here. Unfortunately I don’t know its full name. Aquilegia... 

Plants in Our Garden – Rosa “Remember Me”

I have a few roses in my garden but my favourite is the hybrid-tea Rosa “Remember Me”. It’s main attraction are the deep orange coloured flowers and dark, glossy leaves. Unfortunately... 

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