Complete guide to lawn feeding
Like all plants, lawns benefit from regular feeding. Without extra nutrients, the grass soon uses up plant food reserves in the soil and then turns pale and thin.
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How to look after your lawn: 7 top lawn care tips
Lush, green, cool and like a carpet underfoot in summer, a healthy lawn makes a garden even more beautiful. If you’re...
Peat free compost
The horticultural scientists at Miracle-Gro have led the way in researching, developing, and investing in alternative...
What to do in your garden in May
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Mice
Coming face to face with a mouse or a group of mice can be very disconcerting – especially when they're in the house.
How and when to grow tulips
With their elegant flowers and jewel-bright colours, tulips turn spring into something quite sensational.
Winter vegetable recipes
From chunky soups to winter salads, there are so many ways to use winter vegetables. Including yummy creamy pumpkin...
Which fruit and vegetables can I grow in the shade?
Unless you live in the desert there’s quite a high chance that your garden, patio or even allotment has some shade. It...
How to create colourful patio planters quickly and easily
It’s easy to create cascades of colour to brighten up the drabbest corners.
How to create some more garden space - upwards!
Outside space is precious to everyone, but all too often we don’t have enough, or what we do have is overrun by kids...
Where to plant fruit and vegetables in the garden
Fresh fruit and vegetables picked straight from the garden have a flavour second to none. Every small garden or patio...
Oranges are not the only fruit
When you think of citrus fruit, oranges and lemons immediately spring to mind. But it’s possible to grow much more than...
Thanksgiving dinner: the way the pilgrims did it
Thanksgiving dinner, the way the Pilgrims did it compared to today has a great deal of similarities.
Tomato blight
Blight is a serious disease of potatoes and tomatoes, which can completely destroy the crop or make it inedible.
Clearing autumn leaves and putting them to good use
With the arrival of autumn comes a task that’s the bane of the season for many gardeners.