Gardening

The winter gardening tasks continue. All the fruit trees are fully dormant at this time of year so it’s an ideal time to do a quick and simple winter wash…

Finding pots for growing bulbs indoors is not easy, especially ones that come with drainage holes and a matching saucer. After a lot of searching, here are a couple I…

Taking advantage of the mild winter, we’ve started our winter prep in the vegetable garden for the spring and growing season ahead. Last year, one of our biggest headaches was…

This year I decided to lift and store my dahlias in crates, and I used Westland’s Gro-Sure vermiculite as my storage medium, which was very nice and easy to work…

The guys from Ivel Valley Wild Bird Food very kindly sent us some assorted winter treats for our birds. We received a selection of super suet and insect and mealworm…

Taking a look back at 2021, we spent a lot of it outdoors and in the garden. I always find it motivating to see all the seasons, one after the…

We have several bird feeders stationed around the property to feed the wild robins, tits and other birds throughout the winter and we always pay special attention to put them…

My first year of growing dahlias has largely been a big success and I have fallen in love with dahlias. They offer so many different colours, sizes and shapes, so…

Here is our Christmas gift guide for gardeners this year. Each of the items that we have featured have been used and enjoyed by us this year, and we would…

We had a lot of trees that needed pruning, some of which have really shot up with thick branches, so a battery operated pole saw is the ideal tool. To…