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 [...]
I’ve just fixed an issue with my blog. Being such a clever bod, I assumed wrongly as it turned out, that I would have instant mastery over Wordpress.
As a result I dropped the code for Google Analytics into my site templates and watched the results roll in. Then it stopped and it then took me [...]
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 compost [...]
* Euphorbia. It is a fascinating plant to grow and does well in poor ground. However, the sap is photo active. This means that if it gets on the skin and is exposed to sunlight it can cause burns.
* Rue Ruta graveolens is an unusual low growing evergreen herb with unusual lobed leaves. It has [...]
Have you ever seen any tired looking bees in you garden. Well, the RSPB are suggesting that you help them with a little sugar water.
Of course having plenty of nectar laden flowers in your garden would help too but this seems like an interesting idea. Why not give it a try next time you find [...]
Just a few garden favourites.