As any avid gardener knows, protecting your crops from pests is essential to ensuring a bountiful harvest. Brassicas and peas are particularly vulnerable to pigeon attacks, which can devastate your hard work in a matter of hours. In this guide,...
Creating Your Own Fan-Trained Fruit Tree: A Guide Intro Fan-trained fruit trees, also known as espalier fruit trees, are a beautiful and space-saving way to grow fruit in your garden. By training the branches of a tree to grow flat...
May usually heralds the last frost date. This allows you to start planting out a much wider range of plants and vegetables which have been growing undercover. Be aware though of late frosts and cover with horticultural fleece if necessary....
April sees the growing season really kick off. Potatoes are getting planted out and seeds are able to be sown outdoors. What to Sow & Plant Vegetables Potatoes: If you haven't started chitting already now is the time to get...
March in the garden is the time of year when you can first start to really get things growing for the year ahead. The weather can be quite unpredictable, but with care you can get the growing season of to...
February can be a strange month n the garden. Good weather can allow you to get out there and get things started, however prolonged cold or wet periods need to watched for. February is the month for preparation, get those...
It's January and the perfect time to get a head start on growing your own food. This month, why not take the opportunity to get outside and tend to your garden while enjoying the fresh air and natural surroundings? There...
It's December, and what better way to welcome in the winter season than to get your hands dirty and start growing your own food? There are plenty of jobs to get stuck into this month, from planting garlic and broad...
November is the perfect time to get your garden into shape and reap the rewards of all the hard work you put in during the summer months. From planting garlic and preparing beds for spring, to harvesting leeks and brussels...
