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Gardening Advice


Gardeners Advice for "plant care"


Choosing and Planting Climbers
Choosing and Planting Climbers Category: Plant Care

How to pick out the best climbing plant for your space, how to plant it and ongoing care

Choosing and Planting a Tree
Choosing and Planting a Tree Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Choosing an Planting a Tree

Cordon Training our grapevine
Cordon Training our grapevine Category: Design, Plant Care

How we are cordon training our grapevine so ensure healthy root system and productive growth

Growing Chilli Peppers
Growing Chilli Peppers Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

A quick guide to growing Chilli Peppers, plant care and some and some fun trivia!

How to make a BULB LASAGNE!
How to make a BULB LASAGNE! Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Layering bulbs for a lasting display

Bulb Planting - Intro & Advice
Bulb Planting - Intro & Advice Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Bulbs are a great way to extended colour in your garden and pots throughout the winter. Read for some tips and advice when planting your bulbs...

Hot stuff! Chilli Growing
Hot stuff! Chilli Growing Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Sowing and growing chilis and peppers

Spectacular Loganberry and Tayberry plants
Spectacular Loganberry and Tayberry plants Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Pruning and training a loganberry or tayberry plants for maximum fruiting

It’s all going pear-shaped
It’s all going pear-shaped Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Planting a fruit tree in winter

Garlic – varieties to plant in Autumn
Garlic – varieties to plant in Autumn Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Suggestions for things to do in the veg patch or on the allotment

Greenhouse tidy up
Greenhouse tidy up Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Suggestions to keep your greenhouse in tip-top shape: October week 3

Great gardens of the world: Inverewe, Scotland
Great gardens of the world: Inverewe, Scotland Category: Design, Plant Care

A visit to one of the great gardens of the world - the second in an occasional series

Summer trimming and pruning
Summer trimming and pruning Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Things to do on your allotment or in the veg patch: late July

What I’ve been doing on my allotment this week
What I’ve been doing on my allotment this week Category: Growing Veg, Plant Care

Things to do in mid-July (written 2018)

Keeping on top of weeds
Keeping on top of weeds Category: Growing Veg, Pests and Diseases, Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

On your allotment – in the veg patch: June week 1

Sow Sweet Peas now
Sow Sweet Peas now Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

Suggestions for winter gardening

Fruit bushes to plant now
Fruit bushes to plant now Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

On the allotment - late October and into November

How to make a strawberry bed
How to make a strawberry bed Category: Plant Care

On your allotment – in the veg patch: August week 3

The benefits of Comfrey
The benefits of Comfrey Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

On your allotment – in the veg patch: August week 1

Great gardens of the world: Villandry, France
Great gardens of the world: Villandry, France Category: Design, Plant Care

A visit to one of the great gardens of the world - the first in an occasional series

In praise of Gooseberries
In praise of Gooseberries Category: Plant Care

Gooseberry planting and harvesting

The joy of Sweet Peas
The joy of Sweet Peas Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

On your allotment – in the garden: early June

Wise watering
Wise watering Category: Plant Care

Looking after your allotment or garden – mid-May

How to deal with pests
How to deal with pests Category: Growing Veg, Pests and Diseases, Plant Care

Protection from all manner of creatures - on the allotment and veg patch: May week 2

Things to do to get a good crop of Potatoes
Things to do to get a good crop of Potatoes Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

On the allotment and veg patch – May week 1. How to grow successful potatoes - earthing up, frost and blight

Sowing climbing and dwarf beans
Sowing climbing and dwarf beans Category: Growing Veg, Plant Care

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden – April week 2

April - Full steam ahead!
April - Full steam ahead! Category: Growing Veg, Plant Care

Tasks to do on the allotment and in the garden in early April

Indoor plants for improving air quality
Indoor plants for improving air quality Category: Plant Care

A guide to some of the best indoor plants for improving the air quality in your home, including cultural instructions.

Growing Lemons and other citrus fruits
Growing Lemons and other citrus fruits Category: Plant Care

A brief guide to the cultivation of citrus plants including watering, feeding and re-potting.

Winter Protection
Winter Protection Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

It's time to think about protecting tender plants from the onset of Winter.

Camellias - and how to care for them
Camellias - and how to care for them Category: Plant Care, Seasonal Advice

A guide to Camellias including cultivation tips and advice on growing them in pots.

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