Jobs for the productive garden in September
My seasonal tips if you're growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers for cutting CUTTING GARDEN Keep deadheading annuals and late-flowering Dahlias & Salvias to prolong flowering (and don’t forget to…
Jobs for the productive garden in August
Get the most from your kitchen garden and cutting garden this month by keeping on top of your seasonal jobs CUTTING GARDEN Keep up with cutting, feeding and/or deadheading on…
Jobs for the productive garden in July
Lots to do in July if you're growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers for cutting! CUTTING GARDEN Keep cutting Sweet peas and Cosmos regularly to encourage more flowers. KITCHEN GARDEN Cut and…
Jobs for the productive garden in June
Here are some seasonal jobs for you to carry out this month if you're growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers for cutting CUTTING GARDEN Cut sweet peas regularly to encourage more…
Jobs for the productive garden in May
If you're growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers for cutting, here's a quick round-up of what you should be doing this month (subject to your local weather conditions of course!).…
Jobs for the productive garden in April
In the kitchen garden it will really be a question of keeping an eye on the weather this month, and judging when the time is right to sow seeds and…
Jobs for the Productive garden in March
As the weather improves, it's time to start sowing seed and really getting hands on in the productive garden. Prepare seed beds, covering the ground with clear polythene or fleece…
The National Trust greenhouse
Practical advice on designing and building the right greenhouse for your garden
If you’re a keen gardener and grower, then having a greenhouse in your garden is probably a given. I asked expert greenhouse company Alitex to put together some thoughts on…
Statuesque Sunflowers to make a statement
Growing annual flowers for summer colour
One of the quickest and cheapest ways to fill your garden with a splash of summer colour is to grow hardy annuals. These are flowers which you can sow as…