How to plant rhubarb
You can never have too much rhubarb. Well, actually, you can: it’s a monster of a plant, with mature clumps expanding to 5ft …
Category Archives: children gardening
This month in the garden…
I have definitely been having a bit of a slump in the garden just recently. This occasionally happens, even to …
End of month view: November
It’s been November for a whole four weeks now. Season of dreary rain and hat-snatching wind: season of no gardening …
How to grow blueberries in pots
I’ve made another video! Or rather, my talented hubby did (I just wittered on a bit and played about with …
In the garden this month…
June! Doncha love it? It’s probably my all-time favourite month of the year, with the possible exception of September. And …
How to make an A-frame bean support
If you’re about to construct this year’s A-frame bean supports for your runners, French pencils, Borlottis and (in my case) …
How to plant onion sets
My first how-to video for the crocus.co.uk Youtube channel – all about planting onion sets. Enjoy!
A walk on the wild side: Primrose
‘Do not, as some ungracious pastors do Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, while, like a puff’d …
Watch the birdie
Pinecones (left) and terracotta pot (right)Happy (cleaned-up) child (centre) Our annual transmogrification into a nation of twitchers happens this Saturday and Sunday: …
A walk on the wild side: Gorse
Ulex europaeus catching my eye in the morning sunlight ‘It’s just the sort of place,’ he explained, ‘for an Ambush.’ …
Sally Nex 