How To

How to Grow Basil up North

3rd May 2021

Basil is a warm, or even hot climate plant and living in the North of England or further north makes it challenging to grow at

How to treat your lawn in winter.

12th February 2021

Johnsons, our favourite lawn seed supplier has some winter lawn care tips that we thought sharing with you would be useful. If you have your

Hellebores – New Varieties to fill the winter gap.

5th February 2021

Hellebore (Helleborus) are much loved in UK gardens and now the gap between the Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger) and the Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) has

Autumn Pots

2nd April 2020

Autumn Pots and Hanging Baskets can be freshened up now to extend the colour right though to Christmas and even on into spring. Remove the

NPK & the Fertiliser Code

6th January 2020

What does NPK mean? “Any old food will do! Right?” No, it’s not quite as easy but it’s simpler than you think. You probably know

How to Grow Potatoes from Seed Potatoes

22nd February 2019

Growing you own potatoes from seed potatoes (also call tubers), is rewarding and the flavours just seem better too. Seed potatoes are young small potatoes