We do fencing. And when we do it we do it, we do it just as we’re asked……….. Here’s a job from back in the summer. Our customer had an...

Well that's what Facebook's Marketplace helpfully told me back in April. A greenhouse popped up that looked just the ticket. Good price,...

When we’re out for a Sunday afternoon walk with the dogs we often remark on the Autumn Colours. Arboretums make a lot of money this time...

As the days start to get shorter so the rate of growth of your lawn - and the way in which you cut and look after it - starts to change....

Why we grow trees. We love trees and shrubs! They give us height in our garden and give it an extra dimension. We’ve chosen trees and...

We spoke last time about the different shapes that we can consider for our fruit trees. In summary here are our options: Bushes – can...

When we were in the south of France we penned a short article about espalier fruit trees. If you missed it then you can find it here:...

So the other week and before we left for France we had some more roses that needed attention. They were really well established but quite...

45 odd years ago my father had a go at growing a peach tree on the side of our garage. It would have been a south facing wall. For what...

Now this has absolutely nothing to do with anything other than growing plants but have you ever thought about how best to plant your rows...

With sincere apologies to George and Ira Gershwin, but we're en vacance avecs les enfants! Our 1986 VW T3 - Barbara - has yet again not...

I was up at the allotment the other evening and I noticed that the blackbirds had managed to get into my fruit cage. It’s not a grand...

Who remembers Ground Force? The BBC gardening programme that brought us decking and the 2 day garden makeover. Did you know that Alan,...

Seed can be saved from many of our plants. It means that we can make good use of what they leave for us as they come to the end of their...

Have you ever wondered why we need to water our plants. Really wondered rather than simply do it? Knowing why we do it and how to do it...

Last Saturday and as we’re en route to collect our chicken coop – that was actually advertised as a chicken coupe, that was actually a...

So if like ours your roses have taken a battering with the recent unseasonal weather then you might want to start to think about a touch...

We thought you might like to see a short film that we took the other week whilst we were in Mid Wales. We camped for a few days over half...

We’ve looked at how and why we might want to improve the condition of our soil. This time we’re going to start to look at how we might...

We were recently asked to take a look at a south facing garden of a lovely new build property where a small lawn was struggling to...