It’s time to clear away crops that have finished and add them to the compost heap. You can protect the soil by mulching with a layer of your own compost, which will also improve the soil ready for ...

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More than four fifths of the UK population live in urban areas, often with limited access to nature. With this in mind, ensuring that domestic and shared gardens are created and maintained in new ...

Coriander is an easy crop to grow from seed, for harvesting both the leaves and seeds. It’s widely used in many dishes, especially in Mexican and Asian cuisine. Simply sow seeds outdoors, in the ...

These are fleshy, rounded, underground storage organs, usually sold and planted while dormant. Examples include daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, lilies, onions and garlic. The term is often used to cover ...

Blunt mower blades rip and tear grass, this affects the health of a lawn and looks unsightly Fine lawns are kept shorter and mown more frequently than ordinary domestic lawns A push mower does not ...

Melons are tender trailing plants that need lots of summer warmth to produce their sweet, juicy, aromatic fruits. They’re best grown in a greenhouse, although a few varieties may fruit outdoors in ...

Compact, rounded bushy rose, about 75cm tall, with healthy mid-green leaves, and very large clusters of lightly scented, buttercup-yellow blooms, repeat-flowering through summer; ideal for containers ...

Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red ...

'Carré Rouge' is a compact, erect, evergreen shrub to 2.5m tall, with glossy, lanceloate leaves, brilliant red when young, later turning dark green. Panicles of small, creamy-white flowers appear in ...