by Neil Grant | Jun 22, 2020 | Ask the expert, Christmas, Featured, 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...
by Neil Grant | Jun 9, 2020 | Featured, Kitchen Garden, Patio Living, Summer
Growing your own tomatoes is one of the most rewarding fruit to grow. Tomatoes are easy to grow but not always easy. Our tips will help you grow tomatoes even if it’s your first attempt. Tomatoes grow in two ways bush (horticulturally called Indeterminate) and...
by Neil Grant | Apr 24, 2020 | Garden Basics, Patio Living, Plants of the Moment, Summer
Selecting patio & bedding plants isn’t difficult but if you place without a simple plan you will never see the potential they could have. Using the Thriller, Filler & Spiller principle with a small range of plants will give you amazing results that...
by Neil Grant | Jul 16, 2019 | Ask the expert, Patio Living, Plants of the Moment, Summer
Whether starting the day with tea and toast on the patio, relaxing in the shade, dining alfresco, or watching the sun setting with a cool drink, what better place to spend summer than in the garden. Bright mornings, sunny days and warm balmy evenings tempt us outside...
by Neil Grant | Jul 2, 2019 | Ask the expert, Garden Basics, Summer
Summer roses are still one of the most popular garden plants in the UK. gone are the days, for most of us, of long beds of the same variety of roses & with the introduction of new varieties including the great English Roses from David Austin roses are more often...
by Neil Grant | May 27, 2019 | Ask the expert, Garden Pest and Diseases, Summer
If you’re been stung by a wasp, and most of us will have at some point, then wasps are definitely a foe. For the gardener and the British countryside wasps are amazing pest controllers. “Wasps are hugely beneficial to their native ecosystems due to the...
