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Define your borders and support border plants that tend to flop by using salvaged or recycled pieces of wood. Varying lengths and widths work well and you only need a few sound planks to tame and comp

IF you’re anything like me you probably have pots galore – clusters in corners, popping up on patios and framing your front door. But container growing isn’t just about planting from the ground up – h

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl

Sow courgette and squash seeds now so you’ll have seedlings ready to plant outside in early summer. Fill pots or large module trays with peat-free multi-purpose compost. Place one seed in each pot, ab

Add support to peonies that have, large, heavy flowers such as ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ and ‘Duchesse de Nemours’. Special tapered, cone-shaped supports for peonies are available and can be simply pushed int