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) …
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By royal appointment #1
Ever since my father in law came back from a charity shop some years ago armed with Roy Strong’s weighty …
Karma camellia
Hmm. I’m never quite sure about camellias. On the one hand, when they look like this, they’re fabulous. But they …
This month in the greenhouse: April
Heeelp….!! I’m running out of room… As always in April, there’s a traffic jam in my greenhouse. Outside, the cold frame is …
How to plant onion sets
My first how-to video for the crocus.co.uk Youtube channel – all about planting onion sets. Enjoy!
Good ideas
A week or so ago I was at the Edible Garden Show in London. It’s a must-attend show for me, …
Hello!
I’m back. Well, I wasn’t very far away, really: just over there, on the Crocus Kitchen Garden blog, in fact. …
Random acts of frosting
French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) may be terribly pretty with its bunny rabbit ears and soft grey foliage. But it is, …
Happy Christmas!
(spot the gardener….) Here’s wishing you a wonderful holiday, and may all your beans grow tall in 2015!
Hydrangea blues
I think it’s true to say that mophead hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrocarpa) are entering a spell in the garden fashion wilderness. …
Sally Nex 