When we moved to Spring Cottage 12 years ago, the old shed contained a cocktail of chemicals, including DDT – an organochlorine pesticide that was banned in Britain in 1984.…
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How to deal with garden pests
1 Box tree caterpillar The grubs cover plants in webbing. Pick them off, use a pheromone trap or nematodes, or try a chemical such as Bug Clear Gun, Defenders Bug…
How to create a garden pond
© Alamy A pond adds so much to the garden on every level. It need not be massive – if space is tight you can create a patio mini-pond in…
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Your lawn serves as a huge source of air conditioning for your garden and also releases oxygen and simultaneously captures dust, keeping you and your family healthy. To reap the…
Plant summer bulbs
If you are looking for lazy, low-maintenance gardening then look no further than summer-flowering bulbs. Yes, a few varieties – gladioli and dahlias – often need lifting for winter, but…
How to move a deciduous tree
Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes shows you how to relocate a young, leafless tree
Get instant colour from bulbs this Spring
Traditionally Autumn is the time to plant out dormant spring bulbs, but if you didn’t get round to the job last year, help is now at hand. Garden centres seem…
How to take rose cuttings and grow roses in potatoes..
Propagating roses by cuttings is easy, and it brings certain side benefits, says Kris (1) In an out-of-the-way part of the garden, which gets some shade during the hottest part…
8 top tips for preventing gardening injuries
National Gardening Exercise Day is designed to give us an opportunity to go out and burn off calories, and have fun doing it! By following these eight tips, Bakker hopes to help…
Get gardening this May bank holiday weekend!
The weather in May can be a mixed bag, anything for gloriously hot to cold and wet.. But then that could describe any month in summer here in the UK..…