gardening

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 …

Adding to the fuschias, agapanthus, and kniphofias, we plant delphiniums, phygelius and penstemons in this video. We’ve now planted out the last of our perennials in the back garden, and …

I’ve always been a fit and sporty individual, and I’ve tried to find ways to exercise even when we had office jobs, from running and cycling to yoga and pushing …

The blazing hot month of May has prompted the grass in our field to bolt and grow at a rate we’ve not experienced before. Three weeks ago I strimmed our …

Last week, while preparing our newly constructed raised beds, I came across a wireworm in the soil, which was not good news as we intend to grow potatoes and other …

With all the work happening on the veg patch, our ‘wild’ field has gone out of control. We need to strim it twice a year or the grass gets up …

With the struggles of getting soil and other materials for our veg patch (courtesy of Coronavirus closures and disruptions) we turned our attention to making our compost heap.

I’ve read about a dozen gardening books in the past 10 days as part of a vegetable growing crash course. As part of building and preparing our raised beds, I’ve …

As we continue to build our vegetable patch (where we’ll be practicing companion gardening) we need to get a lot of rosemary plants. But they’re expensive when buying from the …

We eat a lot of vegetables, and since we’ve moved to the countryside we’ve been experimenting with what we can successfully grow ourselves. Over the summer, we grew Isobel onions …