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Don’t be fooled by warmer springs

3rd May 2017 Steve Ott News, Tips and Advice

Average spring temperatures across the UK have risen by approximately 1°C – but that doesn’t make it safe to plant out those tomatoes. The Met Office is warning gardeners to beware of spring frosts, and not be lulled into a false sense of security by warmer weather. The moral – again – is that climate change does not have a…

Nothing like a bit of beetroot!

25th April 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Beetroot is a bit of a favourite with many of us and so easy to grow too! If you don’t have a lot of space, they do well in pots. Containers should be about 22cm(9in) deep and 22cm(9in) wide. Fill with multipurpose compost and sow seeds thinly 2.5cm(1in) deep, April through to July. Water in and then water regularly, especially…

Oh so simple salad leaves!

28th March 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Seed companies offer so many salad leaf varieties these days and the good news is that you can be picking them all summer long and beyond if you sow little and often. One of the simplest ways to grow salad leaves is in pots or troughs, making sowings every couple of weeks from March through to the end of August.…

How to Care for an Olive Tree

2nd March 2017 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Add a touch of Mediterranean glamour to your home – with an olive tree. While the weather in the UK may leave little to be desired at the best of times, there is one way to add a touch of Mediterranean glamour to your home; with an olive tree. Adding an unquestionably beautiful touch to your garden, these trees not…

Finger-licking peppers

21st February 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Sowing seeds can be fiddly at the best of times. Chilli and sweet pepper seedlings aren’t too bad but even so I still find them tricky. What I find easiest is to lick my forefinger and then press gently on the seed. It seems to stick and then I can then transport it to the compost. A little movement over…

3 non-harmful ways to deter pests from your garden

20th February 2017 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Here are a handful of non-harmful, eco-friendly and sustainable ways of deterring pests Are you a keen gardener keeping a watchful eye on the wildlife that’s visiting your garden? Well, if so, you may be wondering how best to deter the various pests that are on your plot. Here are a handful of non-harmful, eco-friendly and sustainable ways of deterring…

Leggy tomato seedlings?

17th February 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Oops. Wasn’t expecting that. Sowed some tomato seeds last Sunday, by Wednesday they were shooting upwards thanks to the heated propagator. Forgot to put the grow lights on so consequently they were looking a bit leggy. Not a problem if you get leggy tomato seedlings. Just loosen the compost around the roots with a widger or similar, lift out by…

Moveable feast

15th February 2017 Emma Rawlings Tips and Advice

Living in rented accommodation or just don’t have a big garden? Container fruit and veg growing is the perfect solution If you live in rented accommodation you sometimes don’t feel like putting down roots but growing in containers means you can just move your garden with you. You can grow in practically anything as long as it holds the soil…

Who needs a seed tray?

14th February 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Within reason you can grow anything in just about anything. I tend to keep the plastic cartons that come with tomatoes and use them instead of seed trays – they have ready-made holes for a start and, as the seeds emerge, they allow in plenty of light. So here are some ‘Costoluto Fiorentino’ tomato seeds I sowed last Sunday. They…

Bag up some herbs

14th February 2017 Emma Rawlings Tips and Advice

Quick and easy projects for beginners This is a really simple cheap mini hanging veg garden made from an upcycled a Kitchen Garden Goody bag (sold at Harrogate Flower Shows. Come and visit us this year April 20-23). With a charge for plastic bags we are seeing a lot more of these cotton shoppers are all over the place and…

Help to dig up soil secrets

2nd November 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

The autumn relaunch of the Earthworm Watch survey is aiming to inspire gardeners to record the biodiversity beneath their feet. A national citizen science project being conducted by Earthwatch Institute and the Natural History Museum in association with the Earthworm Society of Britain, it has involved gardeners, families and schoolchildren in recording soil properties and undertaking worm counts in urban…

Selecting The Best Value Greenhouse for All-year-round Growing

10th October 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

A good quality greenhouse enables gardeners to ensure the productive growth of their crops, regardless ofthe weather, season or location. What is the value of a Domestic Greenhouse? A good quality greenhouse enables gardeners to ensure the productive growth of their crops, regardless of the weather, growing season or location. Greenhouse gardening was once the activity solely for commercial plant…

Guide To Choosing Your Greenhouse

4th August 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Advice from the experts on how to choose your new greenhouse A good quality greenhouse will extend the growing season of your plants and allow you to grow a larger variety. There’s now a greenhouse suitable for every garden but, with so many to choose from, how do you decide which one is best for you? Our advice is to…

Say Goodbye to Aches & Pains

30th June 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

New infographic gives gardeners tips on how to relieve their aches and pains The English weather is unpredictable at the best of times but when we enter this time of year the first bit of sunshine we get we head straight to the garden to get on with some much needed maintenance. Whether it’s tackling the overgrown hedges, planting the…