Daucus carota ‘dara’

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!

GROWING your own salad crops is a low-effort, small-space activity that anyone can enjoy. Whether you start them from seed or buy young plants, they can be grown in containers of all sizes, and are we

IT’S often when I have my hands full ...

I’M on a mission to introduce more alliums into my garden. These fantastic flowers are great for colour, structure and impact – and pollinators love them, too! Alliums are basically ornamental onions;

For many gardeners, midsummer is the highlight of the year when bountiful borders brim with blowsy blooms jostling for space. But creating planting palettes that are both pleasing to the eye and feel

The summer show is warming up – and plants just want to grow. Harness that energy now to enjoy flowers, food and pollinators