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Big Butterfly Count Friday 17th July to Sunday ...

Simply spend 15 minutes in a sunny outdoor spot near your home and record the number and type of butterflies and (day flying) moths.  Suburban Sue wrote a useful blog...

Big Butterfly Count Friday 17th July to Sunday ...

Simply spend 15 minutes in a sunny outdoor spot near your home and record the number and type of butterflies and (day flying) moths.  Suburban Sue wrote a useful blog...

Four metal watering cans

What to do in hot weather to protect your plants

The days, for some of us at least, have cooled somewhat and we’re enjoying more tolerable temperatures and hoping for some gentle, soaking rain. I hardly ventured out in the...

What to do in hot weather to protect your plants

The days, for some of us at least, have cooled somewhat and we’re enjoying more tolerable temperatures and hoping for some gentle, soaking rain. I hardly ventured out in the...

nasturtium peach melba

Under the hot shade of July

Sweltering in record high temperatures, it can feel as though the best time for sowing has already passed. However, I’ve found that summer is still full of opportunities to add...

Under the hot shade of July

Sweltering in record high temperatures, it can feel as though the best time for sowing has already passed. However, I’ve found that summer is still full of opportunities to add...

Growing in small spaces - salad crops

Growing in small spaces - salad crops

Short on space, not on taste Growing fresh salad crops in even the smallest UK garden, on a balcony or windowsill is simple and quite rewarding. With just a few...

Growing in small spaces - salad crops

Short on space, not on taste Growing fresh salad crops in even the smallest UK garden, on a balcony or windowsill is simple and quite rewarding. With just a few...

mix of sweet williams, dianthus barbatus

What Are Biennials? Best Biennial Flowers to So...

What are biennial flowers? Biennial plants are sown in their first year and bloom in their second. Sow these varieties now for vibrant flowers in spring and early summer next...

What Are Biennials? Best Biennial Flowers to So...

What are biennial flowers? Biennial plants are sown in their first year and bloom in their second. Sow these varieties now for vibrant flowers in spring and early summer next...

Bright green rows of newly germinated peas from an indoor sowing

Successional sowing - how to extend your growin...

Now is the time to think about sowing the next crop of some of our most staple veg and for those that produce cut  flowers, some of the quickly germinating...

Successional sowing - how to extend your growin...

Now is the time to think about sowing the next crop of some of our most staple veg and for those that produce cut  flowers, some of the quickly germinating...