Best Tips For Looking After Summer Bedding Plants

Best Tips For Looking After Summer Bedding Plants

Once you have planted up your summer hanging baskets and containers it makes sense to have the plants last as long as possible. Follow these tips and you will be able to make your containers look great up to autumn.

World of Gardening

World of Gardening

Pots to propagating, sheep to shears and weedkiller to wellies Everyone who has some outdoor space, whether it’s a few pots outside the back door or a palatial estate, needs...

How To Sow Broccoli For A Crop Over Winter

How To Sow Broccoli For A Crop Over Winter

Broccoli is nutritious and easy to grow over winter We are sowing a mix of purple and white sprouting broccoli in summer to give us a crop in early spring....

How To Take Cuttings From Basil

How To Take Cuttings From Basil

Take cuttings from basil for fresh leaves over winter Taking cuttings from Basil is one of the easiest gardening tasks. If you take cuttings towards the end of summer you...

How To Dead Head And Prune Roses After They Have Finished Flowering

How To Dead Head And Prune Roses After They Have Finished Flowering

Regular deadheading and pruning of you roses will enable the plant to keep on producing flowers for as long as possible. This short video shows how easy it is to keep your roses in great shape.

How To Gauge When To Harvest Your Vegetables

How To Gauge When To Harvest Your Vegetables

It's that time of year to enjoy the fruits of your hard work Aubergines are better cut off the plant rather than pulled as the stems are rather tough and...

How To Utilise A Glut Of Tomatoes

How To Utilise A Glut Of Tomatoes

Preserve all those lovely tomatoes in chutneys or a winter warming soup This year there has been a fantastic crop of tasty tomatoes and even after giving to family and...

August

August

August in the garden is the time to sit back and reflect on all your hard work; BBQ, entertain family and friends, pick all your lovely produce and just enjoy the outdoors. There are a few tasks to complete but they are mainly just tending and keeping on top of weeds.

How To Feed Tomatoes

How To Feed Tomatoes

Tomato 'Moneymaker' Feeding tomatoes regularly will produce a large crop of sweet tasty fruit Tomatoes need different nutrients at different times of their life and they are quite greedy feeders...

How To Earth Up Potatoes Growing In Bags And Containers

How To Earth Up Potatoes Growing In Bags And Containers

Increase the root area for a bigger crop You will need: multi-purpose compost You earth up potatoes in order to increase the amount of roots the plant grows. The more...

How to care for roses in summer

How to care for roses in summer

Roses are the nations favourite flower and an absolute essential if you are creating a traditional English garden. This blog gives you some tips on how to make them last as long as possible over the growing season.

How to have your ideal outdoor space

How to have your ideal outdoor space

Make another stylish entertaining space from your dingy back garden Nowadays there are lots of ways you can make your outdoor space usable and comfortable, a space where your family...

How To Support Your Cordon Tomatoes In The Greenhouse

How To Support Your Cordon Tomatoes In The Greenhouse

Supporting tomatoes is easy with canes and string Only cordon tomatoes need some support as in the wild they would naturally grow to between 1 – 3m (3 – 10’),...

How To Plant Up A Container With Summer Bedding Plants

How To Plant Up A Container With Summer Bedding Plants

Fill your old wellies with cheap summer bedding plants for instant colour A vibrant display of summer bedding need not cost a fortune, just recycle some old wellies, old boots,...

How To Plant Up A Hanging Basket With Summer Bedding Plants

How To Plant Up A Hanging Basket With Summer Bedding Plants

Create a stunning hanging basket with our step by step instructions You will need: hanging basket; (hanging basket liner + piece of plastic) – if using  a wire basket multi-purpose...

How to plant a patio climbing rose

How to plant a patio climbing rose

Roses are a must in the garden; there's one for every occasion Roses are that quintessential English flower that no cottage garden can be without. Gone are the days when...