The Victorian plant hunters who transformed our gardens
Victoria Plum I thought it must be 1 April when a lawncare advertising flyer came through my letterbox.
Up the Garden Path
Confessions of a naked galanthophile
If you weren’t at the Reepham & District Gardening Club meeting in February, you missed a treat.
Controlling pests and diseases without chemicals
Martin Davey, a local horticultural expert, gave us a talk on pests and diseases at this week’s gardening club.
Leave those leaves alone
I sweep leaves up and put them on flowerbeds or my big outdoor pots or compost heap.
Gardeners show giant vegetables at autumn show
This year's Malvern Autumn Show featured the most jaw-dropping marrows and largest, heaviest, longest vegetable competitions.
Forward-thinking estate saves marshland birds
I enjoyed September’s gardening club talk by Andrew Bloomfield of the Holkham Estate.
Would you want to run a plant nursery?
In my last column, I forgot to mention the Reepham & District Gardening Club trip in early July.
What’s that caterpillar on my weeds?
I found a plant with cut foliage and let it grow because I was uncertain about what it was.
Looking after our threatened hedgehogs
Hedgehog numbers have declined from 30 million in the 1950s to 879,000 in 2020.
Update on parasitic hairworms
I have been impressed by the information flooding in re my photo of a “nematode”.