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 | 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 | Jul 27, 2018 | Ask the expert, Christmas, Kitchen Garden, Summer
Your own New Potatoes for Christmas? Late / Summer Planting (Christmas) Potatoes New Potatoes for Christmas? Late Planting or Christmas potatoes as they are commonly known are planted late-June or July to produce that “new potato” taste late in the season (They can be...
by Neil Grant | Jul 23, 2018 | Autumn, Garden Basics, Kitchen Garden, Summer
Growing vegetables has been difficult this year in the UK for many people due to the unusually high temperatures. Sowing some new Late Summer Vegetables might be more productive than those already growing. Late summer vegetables will still have the heat of summer, and...
by Neil Grant | Jul 13, 2018 | Design and Trends, Garden Basics, Patio Living, Summer
Although summer can be very dry, when it will be essential for you to water your newly planted plants, you can make a long lasting and instant impact on your garden. Often summer gardens are very green. Spring flowering shrubs have now finished and quite honestly...
by Neil Grant | Jul 13, 2018 | Garden Basics, Summer, Watering
As gardeners and even non gardeners the summer weather this year is superb. Plants are flourishing and pests and diseases are too bad either. However, the elephant in the greenhouse, is the potential of water shortages and hosepipe bans. Watering in summer 2018 is a...
