Gardening articles
Advice
- Advice for gardening during periods of water shortage, hosepipe ban and drought
- "The bad guys" - harmful creatures found in the garden
- "The good guys" - beneficial insects found in the garden
Climbers
- Guide to climbing plants - lists loads of climbing plants and give descriptions
Construction
- The Party Wall Act and how it affects gardeners.
Flowers
- Bulb Planting Guide - An A to Z guide to garden bulbs show recommended time to plant, how deep to plant them and how far apart
- Double digging flower beds
- Hanging Baskets - how to make your own hanging basket
Glossary
Greenhouse
- Choosing a greenhouse - things to consider when considering a new greenhouse
- Maintaining a greenhouse - a guide to maintaining your greenhouse to give it a long and useful life.
Herbs
- Drying herbs - keeping herbs for later use
- Keeping herbs for winter user - a short guide to freezing herbs and keeping their flavour in vinegar or oil
- Preparing a herb garden
- Suggested herbs
Lawns
- Laying Lawns using grass seed - preparation, sowing grass seeds and after care
- Laying Turf Lawns - preparation, laying turves and after care
- A month by month guide to maintaining a lawn - lawn care throughout the year
Pests
- Pests of house and garden - a to z guide to pests around the house and in the garden
Propagation
- Growing vegetables from seeds
- Hardening off plants grown from seeds
- Making, preparing and using a seed bed in your garden
- Pricking out young plants grown from seed
- Summer cuttings - how to take summer cuttings of garden shrubs
Roses
- Rose care through the year - a month by month guide to looking after roses
Soil, Fertilisers and Composts
- Alternatives to peat in gardening
- Different types of soil
- Double digging vegetable and flower beds
- Green manures
- John Innes compounds
- Mulching
- Organic Manures
- Soil acidity (pH) explained and how to change it.
Trees and shrubs
- Trimming trees and shrubs - Legal requirement for property owners/occupiers to keep vegetation trimmed over footpaths and roadways.
- Planting a container grown tree - a short guide to help you get the best results from container grown trees
- Shrubs suitable for areas of chalky soil
- Shrubs suitable for areas of clay soil
- Shrubs for coastal and seaside areas
- Shrubs for rockerys
- Summer cuttings - how to take summer cuttings of garden shrubs
Vegetables
- Crop Rotation - Crop rotation means moving your crops around every season so that no crop is grown on the same spot two years running.
- Double digging vegetable beds
- Growing potatoes in a barrel - easy way to grow potatoes where space is limited.
- Guide to sowing and planting vegetables from seeds
- Potatoes - a wide selections of links for growing potatoes.
- Soil acidity (pH) explained and how to change it.
- Sowing and Planting calander - when to sow and when to plant vegetables month by month
- Vegetable Families
- Vegetable pests - A plant by plant guide (from artichoke to turnip) detailing the pests associated with each vegetable plant.
Water Gardens
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