When we moved into our first house, many years ago now, I was really impressed by the house on the corner of the street.

A potager garden is a type of kitchen garden that mixes both edible and ornamental plants in a beautiful, organized way.

Greenhouse repaired after storm damage, Pruning the back border. Lots of shredding and found a birds nest in the bush ...

Some years ago we moved to a new house which had a tiny suburban garden giving little room for growing vegetables, mainly a small herb bed and some salad crops. Then I realised there was an allotment ...

In the UK, allotments are small parcels of land rented to individuals usually for the purpose of growing food crops. There is no set standard size but the most common plot is 10 rods, an ancient ...

These fruit growing guides are designed to introduce you to the main facts needed when growing the individual fruits. They also link through to other relevant pages on the site. For example – there is ...

Most compound fertilisers will contain three elements essential for growth, NPK which stands for Nitrogen (N) Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K). These elements help plants grow in different ways. An ...

I’m totally convinced that they don’t make them like they used to. My 1976 Merry Tiller is built like a Panzer tank! Modern machines may be quieter and more efficient but the older rotavators are ...

Once you’ve got the basics of vegetable growing under your belt, you might fancy growing for show. Vegetable show growing is a great hobby. Sometimes it’s just a bit of fun competition on the ...

Recipe for Spiced Plum Jam with Walnuts. All Plum Jams are really easy to make as plums have a lot of pectin so setting is seldom a problem.

In April 2019 I got an Eden Burford greenhouse and this is my honest review of it. Basically I think it's an excellent greenhouse from a good company but they could do better with the instructions.

A delicious, frugal radish leaf soup easily prepared using as the primary ingredient, radish leaves which are most often discarded.