Biodiversity in the garden is in our hands
Victoria Plum Has anyone had seen aphids this year because they certainly have been conspicuous by their absence in my garden?
Up the Garden Path
How to be a ‘citizen scientist’ in your garden
Scientists can have access to far more extensive information than they could ever gather for themselves.
Let’s learn to love wasps this summer
I regret that I have very few wasp photos to show you in my collection.
‘No-dig’ gardening explained
The top two inches of soil are full of life and the most crucial.
Waste not, want not: old compression stockings make useful plant ties
I have an endless supply of used plastic saucers, lids and supermarket trays to put under plants and seedlings in…
The gardener’s dilemma: to clear or not to clear
How to be brutal with the clearing of last year’s explosion of foliage and plant life.
Wild Ken Hill is a major step for rewilding in west Norfolk
We have a wilding project almost on our doorstep at Heacham.
The game-changing potential of hot composting
Checking the recycle logo as materials are constantly changing and improving in terms of less plastic use.
Garden centres selling bee-friendly plants containing a mixture of pesticides
What the label does not tell us is that the plant has been drenched in systemic pesticides.
A vast fungal network lies hidden beneath our feet
Instead of finding the onslaught of fallen leaves a nuisance, I now I see them as a bounty.