As soon as temperatures start to shift from single figures towards double digits, lawns across the country begin to grow. Spring is the season ardent lawn lovers look forward to most, the time when mo

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

Give them a trim and feed so they’re ready for spring

HAVE you ever taken a close look at your soil? I mean, a really close look? And if not, why not? Soil, compost, dirt, earth – whatever you want to call it, it’s often overlooked, and yet it’s one of t

Professor Buczacki is a horticultural expert, writer and former chair of Gardeners' Question Time

A sparkling space reduces pests and diseases, improves light and gives seedlings the best start