HOW TO GET GREENER...

How to carry on growing food over winter ...

New year’s resolutions aren’t for everyone, but some of us enjoy having targets at the start of the year to help get us on track. Rather than making ourselves feel guilty, we thought we would collate

Make more thin-rooted perennials such as Japanese anemones, phlox and hardy geraniums with this method of root cuttings. Lift a clump of your chosen plant with a garden fork, select the best roots and

There is no doubt that 2026 will be different. As the year ends in the garden that I’ve created and tended over the past 23 years, a new challenge is waiting in the wings. We are moving from the chalk

It is of course vital that crops are watered sufficiently, especially during the summer months, but it is surprisingly easy to give too much TLC to plants and end up overwatering them. Symptoms of thi