Mulch fruit bushes

Give your soil a boost with an easy, homegrown crop of organic matter

With AG’s gardening expert Ruth Hayes

Editor and resilient-gardening expert Kim Stoddart shares natural methods to help you create a garden that is truly alive and full of hope and joy

In your flower garden

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou

I’m sure most of you have heard the expression: “a weed is just a plant in the wrong place” and this is very true. It’s worth remembering that a garden doesn’t have to be pristine and, in fact, some o