Mulching simply involves adding an extra layer of material to the surface of your soil. The benefits of doing so are as follows:- Retains moisture in the soil Suppresses weeds Protects soil structure in heavy rain and excessive foot traffic Moderates the temperature of the soil and the air just above Keeps crops above clean[…]
Mulching your beds and borders
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Composting, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, General Gardening, Ornamental gardening, Spring Apr 19, 2018
Gardening news – enjoy a bbq in the smallest of spaces
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure BBQs, Gardening news, General Gardening, Outdoor living Apr 17, 2018
Char-Broil’s Patio Bistro® Grills The patio-size gas grills with big features You don’t need a big garden or large outdoor spaces to enjoy the flavour of true American BBQ. Char-Broil, the #1 gas grill brand in America, brings you the Patio Bistro grills that fit neatly in a small patio area or balcony. Both models[…]
Gardening news- Putting down roots in a smaller home: Robert Dyas has plenty to offer urban gardeners.
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Gardening news, General Gardening, Herbs, Propagation, Seeds Apr 17, 2018
As spring calls out to the green-fingered with its promise of warmer weather, now’s the perfect time to start planting crops in your garden. But of course, in 2018 that may be somewhat of a presumptuous statement to make. With the notorious Housing Crisis plaguing the nation, to the younger generation the idea of owning[…]
Think green for background
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, Gardening for beginners, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Shrubs Apr 09, 2018
Plants with attractive variegated foliage; plants with leaves that are coloured in shades of red, yellow, orange and black. These generally excite our interest. We tend to love all those colours that shout at you, colours so bright and tangy you can almost taste them! With all this eye-candy vying for our attention that colour[…]
How to grow onions and shallots
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, General Gardening, Spring Mar 29, 2018
There are not many vegetables that are so often used in the kitchen as onions and their smaller milder counterparts the shallots. They can be grown both as a seed grown crop or from sets which are simply small bulbs. Seeds are available in a wider selection of varieties. They also seem to store better[…]
Gardening news – A pink-tastic phenomenon!
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Gardening for beginners, Gardening news, General Gardening, Ornamental gardening, Summer, Young plants Mar 21, 2018
Calibrachoa MiniFamous® Double PinkTastic is the people’s choice. A PINK-TASTIC PHENOMENON The new Calibrachoa mini petunia ‘PinkTastic’ is set to take pride of place in window boxes, containers and hanging baskets all over the UK this summer, bringing balconies, gardens, terraces and patios to life with its unique, three-dimensional appearance. Not only has the prize-winning[…]
Gardening news – Happy birthday Marshalls Seeds
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening news, General Gardening, Seeds Mar 20, 2018
Below is a press release from Marshalls seeds:- This year Marshalls is turning 70 and we want to celebrate with everyone, so treat yourself with our free P + P seed only offer. Marshalls was founded back in 1948 by Stanley Marshall in Cambridgeshire and we are still based in Cambridgeshire today. We pride ourselves[…]
Shop in spring, think summer too
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Garden design, Gardening for beginners, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Spring, Summer Mar 15, 2018
It is spring and the online catalogues are full of enticing plants; the fresh colours of spring are irresistible. Virtual baskets are loaded full with plants and expectations. Although it may seem strange, this is the ideal time to cast your thoughts forward to high and late summer, even autumn. Continuity of colour in the[…]
Gardening news – 2018 is the year of the Marigold
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure General Gardening Feb 14, 2018
2018 is the year of the Marigold and Unwins would like to celebrate this humble flower by offering free P+P on seed only orders. The Marigold has been around for hundreds of years; a native of the New World, it was sacred to the Aztecs. They attributed magical, religious and medicinal properties to the Marigold,[…]
Gardening news – David Domoney continues partnership with Everest
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, Gardening news, General Gardening Feb 13, 2018
Everest Home Improvements will again be teaming up with celebrity gardener David Domoney this year for a series of events and activities, including the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. David is a TV favourite, regularly appearing on shows such as Love Your Garden and This Morning, and has worked with Everest for the past[…]