How To Garden
Whether you’re newbie, extending tentative green-ish fingers into the soil, or a well-seasoned grower, there’s always something new to learn. My ‘How to Garden’ section has lots of hints and tips that I’ve amassed from over 50 years of gardening that I want to share with you through the written word as well as videos from my YouTube channel.
Scroll down the page for a few general pieces on gardening. But for more in depth detail on specific topics I’ve divided the content into three, coloured coded sections. Simply click on one of the headings below, or navigate using the headings in the pull-down menu at the top of each page…
Off with their heads? Not yet
Many gardeners seem to have an in-built tidiness gene and go out armed with the secateurs to chop back things that they think look messy. This not only leaves you with precious little to look at during the winter, but can also leave plants vulnerable to harsh winter weather with frost penetrating pruning cuts to kills stems. Hydrangeas are .....