The Shrewd Gardener

For Clever Gardeners Everywhere

Do you really know what’s going on in your garden?

Today is beautifully sunny and bright. Ideal for pottering around the garden. I noticed yesterday that there are quite a few ladybirds (ladybugs, US) on the willow tunnel we built last year. They seem to be quite happy and I think they are going around eating the marauding insects that attack willows at this time [...]

What will you be doing in your garden this spring?

The chances are that your garden has been left unattended over the chilly winter. My own garden hasn’t had much attention since late November/early December when Christmas was looming large and so there were plenty of other distractions. The wet, snowy winter that set in at the beginning of the new year has slowed down [...]

Start planning now for next years garden work

If you haven’t already started on preparations for next year then now would be a good time. It has been very mild and wet in the UK this year but that shouldn’t put you off from doing what you can. I’m busy topping up my compost with kitchen waste to keep things ticking over. The [...]

Avoiding slimy compost

The ideal is to be able to make one’s own lovely compost to feed the garden. This isn’t always so straightforward as you need to get the proportions right and get the correct micro-organisms to help you. Composting is a complex process where different families of microbes get their nutrients from the contents of the [...]

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    This is where I blog about my interest in gardening and ecology. There is always something to do in the garden all year round and as we have an inner city garden the tasks are a little different to rural spaces.

    I work as a software developer now but a few years ago I had my own gardening design and construction business.

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