Tomatoes – the 2023 Crop
The last of the tomatoes are now ripening in the kitchen and I’ve been looking back at the 2023 season. . . .
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Category: Featured
Review: Feel-Good Gardening
Is life getting you down? In Feel-Good Gardening, author Claire Stares gives advice on how your garden and nature in . . .
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Exploring Italian Gardens
It seems I can’t stay away from gardens. A recent trip to Italy was meant to be a break from . . .
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Sweet Peas Gardening Trials 2023
Unlike many things in the garden – dahlias, I’m looking at you – the sweet peas have had a great . . .
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Review: Stihl Cordless Hedge Trimmer
I may not like a manicured garden but I do think a pleached hedge needs to be neat. Ours was . . .
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My Gardening View #22
Despite the recent heat, there’s a definite feel of autumn in my gardening view this week. Veg with a long . . .
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Brockworth Court Forced to Rethink
All gardens evolve but sometimes change is forced upon them. At Brockworth Court, the arrival of the box moth caterpillar . . .
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Review: AutoPot Watering System
Watering during the summer is one of those gardening jobs I’d happily do without. Of course, this year’s wet season . . .
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Coming Up Roses at Highnam Court
There’s a distinct taste of autumn in the air but at Highnam Court you’d be forgiven for thinking it was . . .
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Bourton House Moves on From Box
I’ve been out to Bourton House Gardens to take a look at some major changes. Box is proving difficult in . . .
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