I love growing flowers from bulbs. You can create a really colourful display at times of the year when the rest of the garden is still playing catch up, and there’s such a wide variety to choose from. Bulbs are also relatively cheap compared to buying plants, so they’re a great way to create real wow factor in your garden without spending a fortune. If you’d like to add some *flower bulbs to your garden, here’s a step-by-step guide ...
Easy sustainable gardening: eco-friendly gardening tips for greener gardens
How much do you know about sustainable gardening? It’s certainly a big issue in the gardening world right now, with high-profile gardeners and TV shows championing the benefits of eco-friendly gardening. What is sustainable gardening? Sustainable gardening is all about minimising human interference, and using natural resources and processes. This doesn’t mean you have to allow your garden to become a wilderness, rather that you ...
Review & giveaway: win a stylish Elho Veggie Wall & Tomato Pot
This is a collaborative post in partnership with Elho. If you're having a go a growing your own veggies this year, this is a fantastic giveaway for you! I'm reviewing the stylish Green Basics Veggie Wall and Tomato Pot from Elho, and I've got one of each to give away to a lucky winner. Elho Green Basics range Elho makes high quality plant pots for indoor and outdoor use. All products are sustainably manufactured in the Netherlands; ...
Growing sunflowers in a pot: fun gardening for kids
Are you growing plants with the kids this year? If you're looking for easy seeds to grow with children it's hard to beat growing sunflowers in a pot. And now is a great time to get planting! As well as producing seriously impressive blooms, sunflower seeds are easy for little hands to deal with, and pretty low maintenance to grow. They're also brilliant for local wildlife; the flowers are great for bees and other pollinating insects, ...
Gardening during lockdown: improvising with what you’ve got and getting hold of supplies
In these strange times, more and more of us are turning to gardening as a means of exercise, escape from the pandemic worry, and growing our own fruit & veg. Gardening is brilliant for all of those things - but how do you get cracking during lockdown if you don't already have lots of gardening supplies? This post aims to help you improvise with what you've already got, and also lists UK online gardening retailers that are currently still ...
The best seed planting tools – and how to improvise with what you’ve got
Are you sowing seeds right now? It's a great low-cost way to grow your own vegetables, herbs and salad crops - not to mention lots of garden flowers and plants. And you don't have to be a gardening pro - or have lots of fancy planting tools - to do it. It's fair to say that having some basic seed planting tools can make life easier, and also increase your chances of success. Don't be put off if you're unable to get hold of some things ...
How to sow seeds with kids: tips to make it easy and fun
Are you growing seeds with the kids this year? It's always a big hit with my two, in fact it's probably their all-time favourite gardening job. I can see why. There's the Jack & the Beanstalk effect of planting a seed and seeing it magically turn into a plant, the outdoorsy-ness of the whole thing, the grown-up feeling such responsibility gives them, and of course the all-important getting grubby element. How to sow seeds with ...
Tackling my autumn garden maintenance with Gardena tools | AD
This is a commissioned post in collaboration with Gardena I do love the slower pace of autumn in the garden. There’s less weeding and watering to do, which gives me a chance to potter about, tidy up and make plans for new projects. We’ve had a lot of rain so far this season, but also some gloriously sunny days - it’s hard to beat autumn sunshine isn’t it? I’ve been working with leading watering and garden tool brand Gardena ...
Saving water and time in the garden with Gardena micro drip automatic watering system |AD
This is a commissioned post in collaboration with Gardena How is your garden looking now that we’ve reached late summer? We’ve finished edging our new lawn now, and I’ve started putting the plants back into the borders, but I still have quite a few gaps to fill, so I’m busy working out a plant shopping list - very exciting! Our patio containers have been fantastic this year, and are still going strong. My absolute favourite ...
Exploring the Gardena combisystem gardening tools range | AD
This is a commissioned post in collaboration with Gardena Well, the terrible weather has certainly been a challenge when it comes to the gardening this month, but I’ve finally managed to get out there and tackle some jobs on the list! If you’ve been reading the blog lately, you’ll know that I’m working with leading garden watering and tool brand Gardena this year, using their products to help take care of the garden and make the most of our ...