by Neil Grant | Apr 15, 2019 | Featured, Garden Basics, Kitchen Garden, Patio Living, Plants of the Moment, Spring, Summer
Spring in the UK has always been unpredictable ans always will be. It’s warm, it’s cold, it in between. It’s difficult to know when to start certain activities and it can catch us all out. The daily temperatures affect air & soil. Air...
by Neil Grant | Feb 22, 2019 | Kitchen Garden, Patio Living, Spring
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 that are certified virus free. This ensures stronger growth and increased yields. Seed potatoes are available...
by Neil Grant | Nov 12, 2018 | Garden Wildlife, News, Spring, Summer, Watering, Winter
Buying Gardman’s Gold Rimmed Cast Iron Poppies helps support Royal British Legion & Poppy Scotland. Both these organisations provide lifelong support for the Armed Forces community – serving men and women, veterans, and their families. Over the past...
by Neil Grant | Aug 30, 2018 | Ask the expert, Autumn, Patio Living, Spring
Spring is a time of new growth & fresh beginnings. Spring flowers bulbs such as Snowdrops, Crocus, Daffodils & Tulips are the natural way to lift your garden & yourself out of the winter blues. Spring is natures way of saying “let’s...
by Neil Grant | Aug 30, 2018 | Autumn, Garden Basics, Spring
What? ‘Happy New Year! It’s spring time’? From a gardening point of view September could be described as your gardens NEW YEAR. Any new tasks and actions you take are in preparation for spring. This couldn’t be more true than spring flowering...
by Neil Grant | Jul 1, 2018 | Ask the expert, Garden Pest and Diseases, Spring, Summer
Nematodes – natural pest control For some years now gardeners have known about the benefits of using the micro roundworms called Nematodes and now they are ready to go, straight from Ferndale garden centre. Neudorff, one of Germany’ biggest garden products...
