Category: Head Gardener

Using an old Belfast sink to grow alpines in it for a garden feature.When we have done this we have scuffed the sides and then rendered it will a mixture of sand, cement and...

Indoor lemon and organge trees often suffer from red spider mite which is a very small spider like insect that sucks the sap of the plant discolouring the leaves and in some cases causing...

Summer Catch Crops. Catch crops for the vegetable garden with your main crops underway now is a good time to sow a few catch crops in between the rows of your other crops such...

Growing courgettes in large pots or growbags. Courgettes are well suited to growing in containers such as grow bags and large pots.Best in pots using the largest post you have in the space available,remember...

How to deal with heavy clay soil in the garden. One option is to dig it out and replace the soil,or you can dig in sharp or grit sand from a builder merchant and...

Can you grow Jicama in the UK? The answer is yes as long as we get a long season which we have done over the last few years. You will need to start the...

Because of disease or simple old age over the next 5 years as many as 750,000 leylandii(Cupressocyparis Leylandii)hedges will need to be replaced in the UK. With climate change and disease it will not...

The best way to improve most garden soils is to spread organic matter on top of the soil and allow the worms to drag it into the soil.Whereas the worms eat the organic matter...

Climbing Rose suggestions for rose arches and rope swags: Rosa Golden Showers. Rosa “Gloire De Dijon”. Rosa Crown Princess Margareta. Roas Gertrude Jekyll.

Question: 1) Should I chop up the vegetable scraps before throwing on the compost pile? Ideally you should break up the vegetable scraps before composting them, this will help the quicker breakdown. 2) What...