It’s cold, wet, dark and dismal. Let’s get gardening
What you do in the garden now can lay the foundations for a year of homegrown beauty
What you do in the garden now can lay the foundations for a year of homegrown beauty
Heat, good light levels, sufficient moisture and good quality compost are all important
The pandemic’s black cloud came with a silver lining: the joy of digging and planting
October/November are the ideal months to start growing apples, pears and plums
By late spring you’ll have hordes of baby plants ready to be planted outdoors, all for the price of a few packets of seeds
Itching to get going in the kitchen garden or allotment? Here’s a handful of crops to start growing now
Bush fruit, nut trees, hedging and specimen trees can be planted now, while they are in winter hibernation
Frilly flowers, tasty potatoes and onions worth waiting for can all be grown from seed
Few plants are as charming as this hardy, spring-blooming, native wildflower
Follow the three Ds by using secateurs to remove any dead, diseased or dying wood
Plant its giant fleshy bulbs now and you should have tall, lily-like blooms for Christmas
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