Getting out in the garden at this time of year requires motivation and the appropriate winter clothing. Unless you have a greenhouse that is. A greenh...
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Burton McCall have worked their usual magic on my secateurs and they are back with me looking as goo...
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Getting out in the garden at this time of year requires motivation and the appropriate winter clothi...
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Japanese gardeners traditionally protect their gardening tools from rust with oil made from the seed...
10th July 2010 • Read More »Getting out in the garden at this time of year requires motivation and the appropriate winter clothi...
14th February 2017 • Read More »Faced with the chore of removing all the leaves from the borders so that the spring bulbs don’t ha...
13th February 2017 • Read More »Spring seems to have ground to a bit of a halt and most of the perennials are still well hunkered do...
24th March 2016 • Read More »Our hillside garden has high walls and many tall plants so there is quite a lot of what the Health &...
20th March 2016 • Read More »Burton McCall have worked their usual magic on my secateurs and they are back with me looking as goo...
30th January 2016 • Read More »Avid readers of my blog will know that from time to time I recommend something that I pa...
11th November 2013 • Read More »I’ve been busy in the greenhouse this week and I’m finding the Sophie Conran trowel (£14.95) f...
29th January 2012 • Read More »I have a sturdy old trestle table which comes out of storage at this time of year and is erected in ...
11th August 2010 • Read More »Japanese gardeners traditionally protect their gardening tools from rust with oil made from the seed...
10th July 2010 • Read More »My Showa Floreo gardening gloves are invaluable at this time of year when heavier gloves tend to...
23rd June 2010 • Read More »It is a two part epoxy putty that is available in various colours including terracotta which is ...
10th May 2010 • Read More »I couldn’t do without pea sticks. This is the time of year when they come into their own as su...
22nd April 2010 • Read More »I have several rubber buckets, trugs and larger containers that I gather round me when I’m working...
21st February 2010 • Read More »Like the rest of the country we have been clearing snow off pathways. Ours was a second-hand purc...
23rd January 2010 • Read More »Seedbed Roll is an innovative product developed for the commercial market, but is now being made ava...
17th November 2009 • Read More »My Burgon & Ball stainless steel Soil Scoop with serrated edges. I’m not the tidiest of garden...
31st October 2009 • Read More »My wooden mallet. For most garden jobs it is much better than a hammer – whether banging in canes,...
11th October 2009 • Read More »I Couldn’t do Without – my gardening apron. Hung on the back of the door, it is ready to grab wh...
27th September 2009 • Read More »I Couldn’t do Without - a decent yard broom. At this time of year when the garden is beginning to ...
8th September 2009 • Read More »My Krisk Bean Slicer and Stringer My friend Jane bought this for me and it turns what is generally a...
7th September 2009 • Read More »I Couldn’t do Without - a good quality non-kink garden hose. Although I use water butts and wateri...
25th August 2009 • Read More »Flexi-Tie, the flexible, reusable garden tie that stretches, ensuring that plants are never damaged ...
31st July 2009 • Read More »My waterbutts, water tanks and watering cans. At this time of year they really come into their o...
8th July 2009 • Read More »My Felco secateurs – whenever I go out into the garden they are the first thing I pick up to take ...
18th June 2009 • Read More »My fiendishly sharp Japanese Wakasaya Topiary Clippers (£39) from Niwaki. It will soon be time to t...
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