Gardening & All Things Wild

How to Use Green Manures to Refresh a Tired Summer Bed

How to Use Green Manures to Refresh a Tired Sum...

Eleanor Ashford

After lifting early crops like potatoes and broad beans, many gardeners leave their beds bare and vulnerable to weeds and compaction. Sowing a green manure crop is a simple way...

How to Use Green Manures to Refresh a Tired Sum...

Eleanor Ashford

After lifting early crops like potatoes and broad beans, many gardeners leave their beds bare and vulnerable to weeds and compaction. Sowing a green manure crop is a simple way...

The Gardener's Honest Guide to Dealing with Vine Weevil

The Gardener's Honest Guide to Dealing with Vin...

Eleanor Ashford

Vine weevil larvae can devastate container plants by destroying root systems over autumn and winter, often going unnoticed until it's too late. This guide explains how to identify the pest...

The Gardener's Honest Guide to Dealing with Vin...

Eleanor Ashford

Vine weevil larvae can devastate container plants by destroying root systems over autumn and winter, often going unnoticed until it's too late. This guide explains how to identify the pest...

Five Salad Leaves You Can Grow Through Winter in a Cold Frame

Five Salad Leaves You Can Grow Through Winter i...

Eleanor Ashford

Even as the British garden slows through winter, a cold frame can keep the salad bowl going through the coldest months. This guide reveals five varieties genuinely suited to low...

Five Salad Leaves You Can Grow Through Winter i...

Eleanor Ashford

Even as the British garden slows through winter, a cold frame can keep the salad bowl going through the coldest months. This guide reveals five varieties genuinely suited to low...

How to Create a Simple Wildlife Corridor Through a Small Garden

How to Create a Simple Wildlife Corridor Throug...

Eleanor Ashford

Wildlife corridors aren't just for farmland. By making simple changes to your garden boundary, adding native plants, and coordinating with neighbours, you can create a connected habitat that hedgehogs and...

How to Create a Simple Wildlife Corridor Throug...

Eleanor Ashford

Wildlife corridors aren't just for farmland. By making simple changes to your garden boundary, adding native plants, and coordinating with neighbours, you can create a connected habitat that hedgehogs and...

Why the Bees Prefer the Scruffy Corner of Your Garden

Why the Bees Prefer the Scruffy Corner of Your ...

Eleanor Ashford

A neglected corner of the garden might seem like a failure, but bees know better. This article explores why scruffy, wild spaces are far more valuable to pollinators than manicured...

Why the Bees Prefer the Scruffy Corner of Your ...

Eleanor Ashford

A neglected corner of the garden might seem like a failure, but bees know better. This article explores why scruffy, wild spaces are far more valuable to pollinators than manicured...

How to Read the Weather in Your Garden and Grow Around It

How to Read the Weather in Your Garden and Grow...

Eleanor Ashford

Rather than following generic growing calendars, successful gardeners learn to read the specific weather patterns and conditions of their own garden. This article explores how to recognise soil warmth through...

How to Read the Weather in Your Garden and Grow...

Eleanor Ashford

Rather than following generic growing calendars, successful gardeners learn to read the specific weather patterns and conditions of their own garden. This article explores how to recognise soil warmth through...