Kate has been gardening since the tender age of three, when she would help her dad pick runner beans and transplant leeks. She has since had two allotments, and is currently designing a garden from scratch for her new home. [...]
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Growing tomatoes: dos and don’ts
at 4:05 pm on Thursday 11 March 2010 24 Comments
I once viewed a flat and the prospective landlady pulled out a dead tomato plant that had been growing on her window sill, asking me why it hadn’t fruited.
Read morePond plants
at 4:23 pm on Friday 26 February 2010 9 Comments
Be Plant Wise, a government campaign to halt the spread of non-native, invasive pond plant species in our ponds, streams and rivers, was launched this week.
Read moreMost loved plants
at 4:40 pm on Thursday 11 February 2010 32 Comments
Why is it that we have no trouble expressing our dislikes, but when it comes to things we love, we’re more reticent?
Read moreGardening to reduce your carbon footprint
at 5:20 pm on Friday 29 January 2010 12 Comments
How hard would it be to design green roofs for cars? Just imagine: you stop off to pick up some groceries, and on returning to your car, you find it’s alive with the sight and sound of butterflies…
Read moreDead frogs
at 3:33 pm on Tuesday 26 January 2010 40 Comments
This week at gardenersworld.com we’ve received lots of letters, emails and blog comments from people who have found dead frogs in their pond.
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