Growing veg – the 8 mistakes you can easily avoid
How to grow veg successfully by avoiding the common ‘beginner mistakes’. If your veg harvests are often disappointing, read this.
How to grow veg successfully by avoiding the common ‘beginner mistakes’. If your veg harvests are often disappointing, read this.
Sue Oriel has started a business growing cut flowers to sell from her garden. It’s called Country Lane Flowers, which she runs with her friend and neighbour Stephanie Bates. And…
Here are five effective – but easy – homemade fertilisers for your garden from the organic Abbey Physic Community Garden in Faversham. Comfrey or nettle tea, made in a water butt Concentrated…
A city garden is a breath of fresh air in a crowded environment. You can create a patch of green can be created in the most surprising places. I visited three…
If you want a vegetable garden, but don’t have space for it, here are lots of ideas from vertical veg gardens to pride-of-place vegetable borders in the middle of the lawn. Pots, roof gardens and more.
‘Daylilies are edible’ I said to our guests. ‘So we’re going to dig some up this weekend and eat them.’ Everyone was very positive (although they may have been secretly…
I’m creating a super-list of the best vegetable varieties to grow. Out of curiosity, I threw myself on the mercy of Twitter. I asked the garden and allotment bloggers which…
Yasmin Hossain makes natural dye from garden plants. She uses it to dye beautiful silk and wool fabrics. These are made into throws, blankets, scarves and other accessories, available online…
I’ve just learned how to dry chillies Italian-style. If you stroll round the ancient hilltop towns of southern Italy in October, you will see strings of chillies drying everywhere. We’re…
‘Laura has an orchard in the garden,’ said my friend, Rosie, over a gin-and-tonic. Firstly, Laura and Rosie live in the same street in the market town of Faversham. The…
Could you double or treble the amount of food you grow in your small urban garden? I visited a garden recently which packs layers of fruit, vegetables and herbs into…
Espaliered fruit trees are probably the smartest trees to look at in winter, with their tailored elegance. And in summer, they’re good space-savers for middle-sized gardens. Espaliered fruit trees offer…
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How to increase your garden privacy
3 top garden privacy tips – how to make your garden look and feel more private!
10 easy care evergreen pots for year round impact
Easy-care evergreen pots to add interest and structure to your garden all year round. 10+ plant choices for evergreen trees, shrubs and grasses for pots.
What colour should I paint my shed?
I have been debating the crucial issue of what colour to paint my shed. Painting your shed transforms your garden. And if I paint my shed, it’ll also last longer….
8 steps to the long thin garden of your dreams
Two years ago Emma and Mel moved to a house in Whitstable with a long thin garden. It’s open during Whitstable Open Gardens every year for the NGS. They came…
Fences for privacy – 9 great ideas for garden screening
Fences for privacy – how to make your garden or backyard more private, plus new fence ideas from the 2021 shows. What you need to know to choose the right fence for your garden.
The 8 best perfect-for-privacy garden trees
The best tips when choosing perfect-for-privacy garden trees. Which trees to choose, where to plant them and how to make your garden private.
