I have been weeding again this week! Thanks to the warm weather and now the rain, all the areas I had already turned over, for autumn planting or winter rest,…
Top tips
Folding trucks
Folding trucks Consumer editor Julia Heaton tests out four folding trucks and picks out her favurite for those heavy duty tasks £24.99 MAKE: YEOMAN Available at garden centres. www.yeomangarden.com BUILD…
Bird cam
Bird camera Want to know what birds and wildlife get up to in your garden when you are not around? A new motion-activated camera from the…
Six autumn jobs for roses
For the best plants and flowers, roses need attention all-year-round. AG gardening editor Kris Collins sets out the key jobs this autumn Prune late-flowering types My Rosa ‘The fairy’ was…
Gardening sun hat
Gardening sun hat Whether you’ve got jobs to tackle, or simply want to sit back and relax on sunny days, there is nothing better than getting outside in the garden.…
Kris’s blog: Back to my fuchsias!
I can’t believe the amount of growth my fuchsia cuttings have put on since I set them in Amateur Gardening 3 September. Regular readers will know I’m planning to train…
Pro Swingball Test
Pro Swingball Can a garden ball game, designed for use on a range of surfaces, deliver the goods? Consumer editor, Julia Heaton, finds out I’m always loath to fix…
Julia’s tips new home for pots
With a spot of lateral thinking I’ve been able to solve two problems at the same time. Problem one involved the number of plants in pots I’ve got and the…
Marc’s blog: for peat’s sake!
I like to think I am a reasonably environmentally-friendly chap, writes AG news editor Marc Rosenberg. I grow quite a lot of veg, herbs and salads, use hardly any chemicals…
Kris asks: How is your gardening coping in the late season heat?
It’s amazing what a bit of late sunshine can do to the garden. I think this year’s unusual weather – heavy snow at the start of the year, a sizzling…