It’s that time of the year again: time to plant flower bulbs. If you turn the planting into a fun event, you will be finished in no time. Pick a nice day with some glorious autumn sunshine, and ask someone to help. You can turn planting into a real garden party with your partner, neighbours,[…]
Flower bulb planting party
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Container gardening, Gardening Events, Gardening for beginners, Gardening for Children, Ornamental gardening Oct 10, 2023
Product Profile – Grow The Bouquet By Stocks And Green
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Cut flowers, Cutting/picking garden, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Product Profile, Seeds May 09, 2023
There are many online businesses selling seeds, but every now and then you get one that comes up with something innovative, new and special, and Stocks and Green are one such business. For some years the online retailers have been putting together collections of bulbs that will flower at the same time and will look[…]
Product Profile – Vegplotter – Vegetable Garden Planner
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Garden design, Gardening for beginners, Internet gardening, Product Profile, Technology in the garden Nov 30, 2022
Vegplotter is an incredibly simple way to plan out your vegetable garden or allotment to achieve maximum production throughout the year. It has the following features and benefits:- Never forget again what you wanted to plant when and where. Garden designs are achievable in a matter of minutes using this product’s inituitive drag and[…]
Ten Top Garden Trees And Shrubs For Windy Areas
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Plants for problem places, Shrubs, Trees Oct 18, 2022
Maybe you have an exposed, windy garden where you struggle to get plants to survive. I have written a specific article for plants for coastal regions where wind is salty. You can view this article here. But even inland winds can be fiercely strong in areas where there is little surrounding protection. Below I have[…]
Planting Bare Root Trees And Shrubs
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Gardening for beginners, Planting, Roses, Shrubs, Trees Oct 11, 2022
Before trees, shrubs and roses were grown in containers they were grown by nurseries in the ground. They were then dug up while dormant and the soil was washed from the roots. They were then supplied in this form to the gardener. This has the disadvantage that plants were only available in the dormant season,[…]
Growing Paperwhites For Indoor Displays
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Bulbs, Christmas gifts, Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Gardening for beginners, Houseplants, Ornamental gardening, Winter Sep 20, 2022
Paperwhites are simply white narcissus for growing indoors. Deliciously scented varieties such as Ziva are available that will fill a room with their sweet fragrance. They are a stalwart decoration for the Christmas period, but displays throughout winter are possible by staggering their planting every couple of weeks from November through to January. Paperwhites are[…]
Product Profile – Ready-made Border Designs
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, Garden styles, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening, Plants for problem places, Product Profile Mar 22, 2022
Many people do not have the knowledge or confidence to be able to carry out planting design for their own borders. They may not know which plants grow well in the site available, for instance do they grow well in sun, shade, clay soils, seaside locations etc. They may not know when each of their[…]
How To Grow Asparagus From Crowns
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Spring Feb 15, 2022
Fresh asparagus is almost a delicacy in the U.K. The delicious spears in spring and summer can be pricey in the shops and are well worth growing in our gardens and allotments. Unfortunately it is a waiting game as spears should not be harvested for the first two years. Growing in containers is not often[…]
How To Grow Peas
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners Feb 09, 2022
Frozen peas pale into insignificance in comparison to your own, freshly harvested peas from the garden or allotment. They are also a crop that takes up relatively little space and are an excellent crop for the cooler U.K climate. Choosing Varieties Mangetout and Sugarsnap varieties are easiser to grow than shelling peas. Round peas are[…]
How To Lift And Overwinter Dahlias
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Bulbs, Gardening for beginners, Ornamental gardening Nov 02, 2021
Dahlias, planted from tubers or cuttings in spring, are prized for their continuous blooms well into late summer and autumn. Those of you who live in Southern areas of the U.K may wish to risk leaving your Dahlia tubers planted in the ground throughout the winter and simply put a thick mulch over the soil[…]