Category: Head Gardener

Plants For Walls And Fences.

Plants for walls and fences. For a sunny south or west-facing walls and fences. Trachelospermum Campsis Radicans Solanum Cripsum ‘Glasnevin’ Ceanothus Skylark Coronilla Valentina Fremontodendron Californicum Plants for walls and fences. For a shady...

Controlling Earthworms In A Lawn.

Though most of the chemicals have now been taken off the market,that one would use for this issue,as well as in effort to contributing to a healthier environment there are other methods to control...

Controlling Ants In Your Garden.

Ants are social insects which are related to wasps and bees.They are easily recognisable given their distinctive body shape and and elbowed antennae. Their sociable nature means that they live in groups called colonies,with...

Perfect Soil For Carrots.

Perfect soil for carrots – Ideally the perfect soil for growing carrots should be a heavy loam improved with organic matter such as well rotted garden manure or garden compost with sharp of grit...

Reducing A Privet Or Yew Hedge

Both Privet or yew Hedge can be reduced quite drastically and if cared for following the reduction they will recover from dormant buds in the stems. The reduction in the height is achieved by...

Vine Weevils.

The Vine Weevil is a pest that infests a wide range of ornamental plants and fruits both indoors and outdoors. It is one of the most common and destructive garden pest.Containerisation however seems to...

Growing Begonias From Corns.

Begonia corns are beststart them in January February in a dry soil based John Inness compost lightly watering them every week on a cool window sill in a cool room maybe a hall way...