Gardening

I’ve had great fun growing dahlias for the first time, and I can’t get over just how much they flower. We planted over 30 different varieties which were nurtured from…

In August, we reviewed Mountfield’s largest push lawn mower, the Empress 51 Li, which we put to the test on our field and front lawn. We have a small back…

Last year, we grew Maris piper potatoes and we had a really good haul. While it was decent amount of potatoes, we had to discard a lot of the potatoes…

We harvested our onions and shallots about six weeks ago, and they’ve been curing in our open garage. It’s taken a really long time for the onions in particular to…

The path to sustainability and growing your own food is not always an easy one. The weather in our part of the world this summer just hasn’t been kind to…

We’ve been reviewing a lot of battery-operated gardening equipment this year, and one of the most useful pieces of kit you can have is a trimmer and brush cutter to…

The dahlias have finally exploded and they are flowering like crazy offering a wonderful array of colour to the garden and the vases inside the house. We have over 30…

Having enjoyed trying out Stiga’s battery operated ride-on mower last month, we received Mountfield’s self-propelled Empress 51 Li battery operated lawn mower to review. While I enjoyed using the ride-on,…

As we approach the end of August, I must admit it’s been a poor summer for growing vegetables in our patch of the UK. We started off with a cold,…

When it comes to secateurs, we think that Felco make some of the best pruners in the world and they have a product for everyone. In this video we’ll walk…