Many among us use garlic in our everyday recipes and it is luckily an easy, low maintenance crop which takes up little room. The taste of a homegrown crop can be far superior to most in the shops. It can be planted in autumn or spring and, if space is at a premium, can be[…]
How To Grow Garlic
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Spring Oct 20, 2021
Why You Should Sow A Green Manure This Autumn
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Seeds, Winter Sep 07, 2021
What is a Green Manure? Green manures are seeds sown into vacant areas of soil where no crop is required at that time. They can then later be strimmed and dug into the soil to improve fertility and soil structure. They are usually used in vegetable plots, but can also be used in areas where[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Primrose ‘Everlast’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring, Winter Aug 03, 2021
This, at first glance, may look like our gorgeous native Primrose, but don’t be fooled. This is the superhero of Primrose breeding. A supercharged version that has been released to the market in recent years and is set to take the gardening world by storm. Primrose Everlast retains the beautiful soft yellow blooms of the[…]
Planting Bare Root Strawberries
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Winter Dec 15, 2020
It is possible to purchase potted strawberries and strawberry plugs in the spring and summer, but of course you will have to pay for the pot, compost and the nurseryman’s time to grow them on. It is often much cheaper to buy bare root plants that have been growing in the field and have[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Wallflower Sugar Rush Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring Aug 18, 2020
Many of us produce stunning garden displays in the summer months, but autumn through to spring can be equally if not more important to brighten up the cooler, darker months of the year when we all need cheering up. Wallflower Sugar Rush are one of the fairly newly bred varieties that are perfect for this[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Pansy ‘Matrix’™ Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Spring, Winter Aug 11, 2020
We may be still enjoying the summer sunshine, but whether we like it or not, it is time to start to plan our autumn through to spring garden displays before all the best plants are sold out. These plants can be grown to order for us so we receive the cream of the crop. There[…]
How To Grow Saffron
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Bulbs, Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening Jul 29, 2020
Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, so why not try your hand at growing your own. It comes from the Saffron Crocus (Crocus Sativus) and is prized for adding flavour, colour and aroma to dishes such as Paella. It is also used as a dye and over the centuries it has been reputed to[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Aster dumosus ‘Autumn Jewels’
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Ornamental gardening, Perennials, Plantaholics choice, Summer Jun 02, 2020
It is possible to have an absolute riot of colour in our gardens throughout May and June and then suddenly to have nothing but green. We all need to think about the blooms that are to come to provide late summer and autumn colour and create a continuously beautiful space to enjoy. Asters, better known[…]
Planting a Spring Bulb Lasagne
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Bulbs, Container gardening, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening Sep 04, 2019
A bulb lasagne is simply layers of flower bulbs between layers of compost. The reason for doing this is to greatly increase the season of interest. For example, you could plant tulips on their own. This, though undoubtedly beautiful, would only provide weeks of colour. By planting layers of bulbs that come into flower[…]
Seeds to sow in October
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Seeds, Seeds to sow Oct 04, 2018
Seeds to sow in October in affiliation with To view click here Image copyright Jonathan Buckley
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