Pruning

I’ve been given a Cordless Grass and Hedge shears to review. The kind people at Webb tools recently sent me one of their new power tools to try out. It’s a battery driven and hand [...]

The Japanese Garden in Portland   The Japanese Garden in Portland is an exceptional garden by any standards! Over the New Year break I made my second visit to this exquisite garden. My first [...]

Renovating old fruit trees is the perfect job for a cold day with blue sky and bright sunshine! No more so than after too much rich food and drink! Those bright days should entice you out into [...]

.The Henchman tripod ladder was offered to me to review and I jumped at the opportunity! I’d heard how good these were but had been able to justify actually owning one. How wrong I was and [...]

Intensively trained garden fruit trees have a lot to offer. It’s a good time to consider planting more. Now before you say ‘I’ve no room left’ I want you to just consider how useful and [...]

Cloud pruning and lifting canopies of existing plants can transform your garden in a matter of hours. What’s more it can be done with little or no financial outlay. Many of us already have [...]

If you want these fabulous insects to visit your garden then you must plant Buddleja for butterflies! “I’ve watched you now a full half-hour, self-poised upon that yellow flower”. So begins [...]

Hydrangea bushes are blowsy, easy to grow and in tune with today’s gardener’s needs. Hydrangea bushes have an unshakable link with the Victorian era. You know what I mean, a certain style of [...]

Fruit crop thinning is top of my to do list now. An almost frost free spring has led to a heavy fruit ‘set’. This spring period, when fruit trees were blooming, is critical to fruit growers and [...]

Clematis pruning simplified – there’s a lot of confusion and a little trepidation over when and how to prune Clematis! Since they are a diverse group of beautiful climbers, I guess that is [...]