Ornamental & Exotic

Whatever style of gardening you prefer, I doubt that very many people in the UK grow solely native plants in their gardens. Including plants that originated in other parts of the world gives us much greater scope for colour and interest and variety all year round.  Although we all love to talk about the weather and from season to season...

ApartmentGuide: Indoor herbs for beginners

US based website ApartmentGuide reached out to homesteading bloggers, plant shops, and chefs to compile nine tips for beginners starting their journey growing herbs indoors and I was delighted to contribute.  As ApartmentGuide say "If you’re interested in dipping your toe into growing your own food, you’ve come to the right place. By far the easiest food to start growing...

Gardening at the Frayed Edges

Holidays, summer events and children to entertain may mean people do less gardening, in August and I would like to encourage you to continue this into the autumn and beyond. Now that is not as surprising as it might sound from someone who spends their time encouraging people to get gardening. Firstly I should say this is not a call...

Summer fruit: plot to plate

July must be peak fruit eating month with so much summer fruit ripening: strawberries, raspberries, cherries, followed by all the bush fruit.  How much better fruit tastes when it has come straight from the garden and not been refrigerated. I read somewhere that the chemicals in strawberries and tomatoes that make them red also produce some of the flavour and...