Blueberries are one of the easier crops to grow in your garden or allotment and can reward you with a delicious crop. The cost of blueberries in the supermarkets makes the crop all the more welcome in our gardens. They are also a plant for all seasons, providing flowers, then fruit and then stunning autumn[…]
How To Grow Blueberries
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners Apr 13, 2021
Plantaholic’s Choice – Geranium Mosquitaway Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Summer Feb 09, 2021
Here I would like to introduce you to some of the best Geraniums (strictly called Pelargoniums) that have been bred in recent years. They are a little bit special and differ from our traditional Zonal Geraniums. Below are some of the fantastic qualities I see in them:- Delightful bicoloured blooms repeatedly throughout summer when[…]
How Do You Teach Gardening To Children?
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Guest post, Ornamental gardening Jan 30, 2021
How Do You Teach Gardening To Children? – Tips For Parents For many parents and their children, gardening is either a fun little hobby that they take up for a while at home or something that the kids will tackle in school for a little while. However, did you know that gardening has so[…]
How To Grow Microgreens
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Seeds Jan 05, 2021
Microgreens are simply young seedlings that can quickly and easily be grown at home. These are said to have great nutritional value, as well as adding flavour, texture and colour to our dishes. A huge number of plants can be grown in a very small area and at minimal cost. They are ideal if you[…]
Vegetable Planting Calendar
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Guest post, When to sow Jun 25, 2020
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Product Profile – Vegtrug Raised Planters
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Product Profile Jun 10, 2020
Call me lazy, but I just love products that make our gardening easier so we can spend more of our time simply enjoying our gardens, whether they be of vast acreage or the size of a postage stamp. Here I would like to show you the Vegtrug raised planter range that can do just that.[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Buddleia Buzz Butterfly Bush
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Shrubs, Summer May 06, 2020
The Buddleia Buzz series are a breakthrough in breeding. We all know the giant Buddleias that were beautiful but thuggish in our gardens. They had to be hacked to the ground every spring to stop them getting out of control, and generously seeded themselves around as you may have seen alongside the tracks if you[…]
Product Profile – Make Planting Your Hanging Baskets A Doddle With Easy Fill Baskets
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Gardening for beginners, Product Profile Apr 22, 2020
If you struggle with planting up your own hanging baskets, then struggle no more as there is a quick and easy way to do it thanks to Easy Fill Hanging Baskets. There is no need to line the Easy Fill baskets and they come with a built in reservoir for less watering. The baskets can[…]
Colour Themed Collections For Your Hanging Baskets And Containers 2020
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Colourful combinations, Container gardening, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Summer Mar 17, 2020
It is possible to design your basket and container displays by grabbing a basket full of plants you like the look of at the garden centre and shoving them in your chosen container, but don’t expect to achieve stunning results! It is often far more successful to purchase a collection of plants that have[…]
How to Grow Broad Beans
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners Feb 11, 2020
Broad beans are one of the year’s easiest crops, not least because the seeds are large and easy to handle. There is no fiddling about with miniscule seeds and trying to sow them thinly, they can be handled individually. They are also delicious and crop at a time when there is little else to harvest.[…]