gardening

Autumn is a beautiful time of year, but it can also be a time-consuming one. With all the leaves falling from the trees, it’s important to have a leaf blower …

Summer is the perfect time to add colour and beauty to your garden. One of the best ways to do this is by planting summer bulbs, which are easy to …

It doesn’t matter how careful you are. At some stage your garden shredder will block up, whether it’s a twig or branch that has gone in at a funny angle …

Just like that, the summer is coming to an end. It’s been a mixed bag in the veg garden, but generally speaking we’ve had a decent haul despite the weather.

Join us in the vegetable garden for a mid-summer tour as we harvest onions, shallots, courgettes and the first of our peas and cucumbers. Given that the growing season was …

While a gravel driveway has its benefits, one of its biggest drawbacks is that weeds and grass take hold very quickly and easily, and can be hard work to remove. …

When we purchased the property, we found two old, heavy iron wall baskets in the garage and we decided to hang them up as flower baskets at the front of …

Our vegetable garden has been incredibly active so far this year, with moles, voles and other animals making their presence felt. As part of yesterday’s routine inspection I came across …

As our hedges around the smallholding establish and grow bigger, we needed some battery-operated gardening equipment that would allow us to maintain them. This is our Husqvarna 520iHT4 battery hedge …

Kirsten has wanted a tipping cart for quite some time because they are more manoeuvrable and steady than wheelbarrows, so she was really excited to assemble and use the Draper …