Gardener’s Digest

Home to Merrow at last.This post is to thank the staff on Merrow Ward RSCH for my care last week whilst suffering with a rather nasty case of Pneumonia, plus a viral infection.The care from all the […]

Happy New Year for 2019.I was reminded in one New Years message not to let your disease define you. Those of us who struggle daily with a chronic illness, in my case Lyme Disease are constantly aware […]

I was reminded by a Garden Blogging friend today of how long ago it is since I started this blog. Ten years in February. So much has happened in the last ten years. Many of my Garden blogging friends […]

I love hostas even though it is such a battle to protect their leaves from slugs and snails. They are so rewarding and good to divide and make new plants.This photo is of the bed in my first photo […]

Crocus RoseThe start of the rose flowering period in my garden even today loading these photos the garden has changed since I took the photos two days ago.Crocus Rose a delightful rose with soft […]

What weather we have been experiencing! - it's beautiful and all that but please my darling friends, know that this is climate change and we can't with all good consciousness celebrate it popularly. […]

It's a Saturday afternoon and here i find myself all alone. Andrew is off in the Mournes hiking and Toby has found a little rectangle of sun through the patio doors to lie in. I sit here with my […]

beautiful catkins on the birchIt's all go around here today with washing outside on most people's lines and the noise of lawn mowers filling the lazy air now and then. I've been outside myself, to […]

I'm fighting and it's truly taking everything I have just to get through the days. I sleep a lot and read and sometimes get washed and dressed but to be fair it isn't often.  I'm moving through […]

January has pushed me hard about, shoved me into a puddle and used me as a stepping stone up to now. I can't believe it's February and I feel utterly defeated. Depression has a really strong grip on […]

This week we're at the world's premier floral extravaganza in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. We meet garden designers, celebrities and plantspeople to discover the stories behind the […]

Our gardening advisors gather to help RHS members with their horticultural queries, including propagating peperomias and repotting aloe veras, growing cauliflowers successfully and when to plant an […]

This week we head across the Severn Bridge to the RHS Flower Show Cardiff. Guest presenter James Alexander-Sinclair chairs a panel of gardening experts – Rob Evans from Pheasant Acre Plants, […]

Our trusty advisors gather to help RHS members with their gardening problems including what to do about an apple tree that produces nasty apples, which are the most blackspot resistant roses and how […]

This week we meet the staff and inmates at HMP Hull and discover how a prison garden has helped transform lives behind bars. Last year the prison's horticultural achievements won them the coveted […]

Now Autumn is here, I’ve begun the process of clearing down my veg beds. Even on the smallest of plots, there can be a wide range of plants that need disposing down, with some even provide a […]

Our Aga is being serviced next week. Apparently, after an Aga is serviced, they are then switched on again for the Winter. This caused some consternation in our household. ‘It’s not even […]

Recent posts on Real Men Sow have featured a theme of end-of-season reflection. I’ve looked at the good and bad of 2018, whether my massive squash plants were actually a hindrance and even […]

I can’t believe how quickly this year has whizzed past. As this is only my third post of the year, …Continue reading &rarr […]

The Gwent Levels near my home in Monmouthshire are entirely man-made. Skirting the northern edge of the Severn Estuary they …Continue reading &rarr […]

What would you do if your home, your business and your allotment were deluged by water? I’ve been incredibly lucky to …Continue reading &rarr […]

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2016. And to all those who have suffered in the recent flooding …Continue reading &rarr […]

I think Santa Claus will need a James Bond style sled tonight – one which converts into an amphibious vehicle …Continue reading &rarr […]

When it comes to following rules, I’m pretty much, Dutch. Unspoken or rules carved in stone, there’s an efficiency in rule following, so we clog… Oxonian Gardener - Updates from an […]

They stand upright, mound or creep. Thymus vulgaris, longstanding winner of the ‘smallest evergreen shrub in the garden’ contest, is a plant I wouldn’t do… Oxonian Gardener - […]

If the term wasn’t already nabbed, I’d refer to the gardening du jour as ‘Guerilla’ gardening. We’re seemingly fighting with the elements to keep the… Oxonian […]

Henry Moore once said that he found the principles of form and rhythm from the study of natural objects. Pebbles, rocks, twigs, landscapes even, showed him… Oxonian Gardener - Updates […]

It’s been a while. All things Oxonian have been pleasantly ensconced in a deep slumber. Until now, that is. Armed with a new cozy jacket,… Oxonian Gardener - Updates from an Oxfordshire […]

What's in Amateur Gardening 25 May 2019Amateur Gardening 25 May 2019 for webAmateur Gardening 25 May 2019 Free ‘wildlife-attracting annuals’ seeds worth £3.05 PLUS   Jobs for […]

Tamsin Westhorpe celebrates self-seeders and offers advice on getting the best out of these generous plantsETBT1G Foxgloves in a cottage garden. Path leading to hut.  There’s so much to […]

It pays to follow the times-two rule, as former Gardeners’ World host Toby Buckland explains how ‘double-doing’ can benefit your lawnCP43B7 Gradener mowing the lawn in april. […]

Avoid waste and get the best from lawn treatments, fertilisers and seeds with a tool to deliver the right amount in the right place, quickly and efficiently. Tim Rumble tests six lawn seed and […]

Get your dahlia tubers in the ground now, says Ruth HayesThe dahlia tubers I re-started earlier in the spring have grown well and are now ready to go out into …Continue reading » […]

Medwyn Williams vegetable prowess is second to none. He’s been nurturing vegetables since he was knee-high to a radish, schooled in the ways of growing by his farm worker dad, amongst the […]

We've recently got our chops around four new low alcohol beers, ranging from 0.4% to 3%ABV. And one of them is a rare thing – a pre-packaged shandy. The post New booze round-up #7: Low- and […]

Until a few months ago we didn't know what a Sous Vide was. Now we've brewed a yarrow beer with it and here's how it works… The post Brewing beer with a Joule Sous Vide appeared first on Two […]

The Old Dairy Brewery uses local Kent hops to brew an excellent range of beers. We caught up with brewery manager Ginny Hodge to find out about the brewery… The post Interview: The Old Dairy […]

Coconut coir is a sustainable growing medium that's generating a lot of chat among gardeners. We got hold of a block and did some research on its advantages over moss peat… The post Coir […]