Organic pest control for vegetables
Growing your own vegetables protecting your vegetables from pest attacks is key. Because you are planning to eat the vegetables the non use of chemicals should be part of your plan, even if you...
Tom's Garden Notes
Creating a simple compost heap
One of the first jobs when creating a vegetable garden is to create a compost heap. You can buy one but the GardenAdvice team have found over the years that a simple compost heap...
Site for your new vegetable garden
Setting up a vegetable garden – The position and soil.Firstly the most important point is that most fruit and vegetables need full sun to grow. Growing fruit and vegetables in shade i.e under trees...
Feed your hedges
for most gardeners and the gardens they look after, hedges are a key and important element forming the structure of the garden and in most cases screening unwanted views such as building or increasing...
Pricking out seedlings
Pricking out plant seedlings.Once the seeds you have sown have germinated and have grown to a size you can handle they will need to be transferred into individual pots or containers. This is called...
Tulips – what to do as they die back
As your tulips finish flowering – now they have died back all the energy will have returned to the bulbs and formed next years flower so they can now be cut back. If they...
Digging over old lawn
The lawn area – now the grass under the sheeting is dead we need to dig over the area. To dig an area such as yours remove the sheeting dig a trench across the...
Sowing seeds – vegetable and flower seeds
Seeds in Seed Trays Before sowing any seeds into the trays, give the trays a good wash, if they have been used before. There is no sense in transferring last season’s diseases over to...
Creating an annual summer flower border
Creating an annual border is one of the most rewarding projects in gardening, within a few short months you can create a blaze of colour in your garden. Its quite a lot of work...
Houseplant notes – care and mindfulness
What kind of plants will grow in your spaces If you’re not sure, send the GardenAdvice team a photo of the area and we can suggest some plants. Plants require different growing conditions so...