Gardening club takes road trip to Essex
Victoria Plum The gardening club trip for the year necessitated getting our passports stamped as we travelled south of Norfolk.
Up the Garden Path
The truth about the yellow peril
Ragwort, that pretty yellow-flowered weed is hated and vilified for its poisonous nature.
Don’t throw the plastic out with the bathwater
My collection of plastic trays enables me to control the amount of water I use for seedlings and plants.
Plants grown locally really are the best plants for your garden
I now look more closely at gardening centres – most buy in the majority of their stock.
The return of nature to a Sussex farm
I have been reading a truly fascinating book: Wilding by Isabella Tree.
Time to turn over a new leaf, but with a pinch of salt
One of my New Year resolutions is to be a better gardener.
When people collected ‘spinkies’ along the lanes
All gardening prior to the 17th century was practical, for food production or medicinal use.
Spanish slugs found in Cawston garden
I found two this year and so sticky that you can’t just wipe the slime off.
Celebrating winter in the garden
We should enjoy the changes the season brings.
Just mad about saffron
Important historically, saffron was used medicinally as a spice and also as a dyestuff.