tubers

Now that bulbs are popping up everywhere in the garden I’m reminded that it’s time to get planting summer blooming bulbs! Daffodils, crocus and snowdrops will soon be followed by the richest of [...]

Potatoes in containers can finally get started! And it’s great to ‘grow your own’ again! Whilst I’m sure that the keenest veg gardeners have already got lettuce, broad beans, peas and [...]

Which seed potatoes to grow in your garden is a question foremost in many gardeners minds at the moment and so I thought that I’d give a bit of guidance. With so much rain this winter I [...]

Growing tasty new potatoes has one big advantage; you just can’t beat the flavour of early new potatoes taken straight from the earth and into the pan!   Is it wrong to also feel smug about [...]

Garden Dahlias are one of the longest flowering plants starting in the summer months and carrying on until the autumn frosts. They provide a long season of fabulous garden colour in late summer [...]

Mid-summer is the time to focus on dahlias. No other plant rivals the Dahlia for shear brightness and brilliance!   Once the plant of choice for only the dedicated enthusiast, the Dahlia [...]

Broadleigh Gardens is an impressive place! It specialises in growing and supplying superior garden bulbs and is situated just west of Taunton in Somerset. I visited the garden with the [...]

If you have wondered how to grow the earliest new potatoes and get that fantastic taste when shop bought potato prices are ridiculously high, you need to start growing now! An early start, [...]