How to divide and look after bearded Irises
Category: step by step garden task guides
Training tomato’s
How to get the best from your cordon type tomatoes
Moving self seeded plants
If you like me grow herbaceous plants amongst your roses, there comes a time with the self seeders that you need to take action and move them. Sometimes they grow at the base of the rose and this isn’t a good thing. It reduces the new growth the roses put on at the base throughout…
Planting in dry conditions – puddling, sometimes old ways are best!
Wondered what the best way of planting in dry soil, well give this method ago
Evaluating your garden or continued development of your space
It’s very easy just to carry on with your garden as it is but I find at this time of year, as you clear up the borders, finish the last bit of pruning, weed out the unwanted or desired plants. It’s time to have a hard long look and think about what you have and…
Having fun with alpines
Using broken pots to create a home for alpines
Pruning Wisteria
A look at pruning wisterias and how to train them to get the best from your plant
Step by step guide to Rootballing shrubs and small trees
A how to do it guide to lifting and moving established small trees and shrubs by rootballing them