What to Grow: Fruit and Vegetables in the UK
For the greater number of the UK the thought to grow your own vegetables seems a menacing chore of lengthy hours spent in the garden after the novelty of growing your own wears off...
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Get ready For The Garden Slugs This Spring.
It looks like 2018 will be another great year for slugs – here are a few tips from the GardenAdvice Team Slugs Problems The GardenAdvice guide to controlling Garden slugs and snails in your...
Garden Design on a Budget
With spring fast approaching I’m sure I’m not the only one looking forward to waving goodbye to the winter cold and getting back in my garden! At the moment my garden is looking a...
Designing the perfect conservatory
A conservatory is every garden enthusiast’s fantasy home improvement, providing a space that’s neither indoors nor outdoors. While in your conservatory, you’re just a step away from all the home comforts that you...
Advice for Landlords: Letting a Property with a Garden
If you’re a landlord, you may be aware of the pitfalls of letting a property with a garden, but there are ways that you can avoid these issues. Offering a garden with your...
Garden Mole Season Is With Us Once Again.
For a growing numbers of gardeners especially with gardens in rural locations early spring is the start of mole season. With the temperatures start to warm up and the soil becoming easier to dig...
Cleaning your greenhouse the key to pest free crops
One of the most important tasks you can do in growing plants in your greenhouse is to make sure it is clean and free of pest and disease before you start. The greenhouse is...
Simple ideas for increasing the summer colour in your garden this year
As with most things gardening is all about planning ahead. The key to creating some summer colour in July and August is to take action now and start to grow a few seedlings and...
GardenAdvice hotbeds for early season vegetable and salad crops
Fill with horse manure and fertiliser Cover with soil and compost Sow with Salad leave etc and cover with clear plastic to hold in the heat How to Create a Small Hotbed in Your...
Irrigation on an allotment with drip irrigation
One of the main keys to growing vegetables is the use of irrigation or the ability to water your plants as required especially in height of summer. Last season the GardenAdvice team trialled growing...
