How to Attract Butterflies Into the Garden
In the news recently was the fact that more vegetable seeds are now being bought than flowers which shows that growing food crops is now more popular than ever. While […]
How to Create a Wildflower Garden in the City
At first glance the idea of creating a wilderness in a tidy city garden would appear to be an impossibility. How can an area be both wild and tidy at […]
Best 5 Plants for Making Natural Dyes
Apart from flowers the main reason we grow plants today is to provide food in the form of fruit and vegetables. Years ago gardeners found many other uses for the […]
Top 10 Ideas for a Succulent Container Garden
Succulents are available in a number of different shapes and sizes, but all share the useful quality of being drought-tolerant. This means that they are ideal for growing in a […]
10 Tips to Turn Your Garden Into a Wildlife Sanctuary
There are two main reasons for creating a wildlife sanctuary in our gardens. The first is purely selfish in that by taking steps to attract birds and butterflies we can […]