In these days of awareness of high energy costs, when it comes to home heating, is ivy suitable for insulation (outside – obviously!) or is it a creeping menace? I ended up talking to this chap at a party the other day. It turned out he was a planning officer. We ended up talking about …
All-Natural is the best fertilizer for the garden I think I know what is the best fertilizer for the garden. Long ago I lived in a house in the country. I remember one day that our local farmer came out with his tractor and a hitched on muck-spreader – that long cylinder-thing that chops up …
Attractive pots are great for gardens – but need a little extra attention Container gardening is, obviously, just the thing for folk with patios, balconies, wee plots or those who simply can’t resist those glazed pots in garden centres. I caught myself just the other day admiring some handsome terra-cotta pots in a garden store. …
You may never get around to! So, as I write this, it’s a lowering autumn day and garden tasks are on my mind. Winter is at hand. This is the time of year when gardeners make plans. (How many times have I said that?) Now, there are those plans for garden tasks which are fairly …
How thoughtful planting created a real haven The nicest garden I ever knew was in a city quite a long way from here. At least, far enough away so that the owner could never know if I wrote about it. It never opened to the public, not even under Scotland’s Garden Scheme. (This was also …
Scottish words in the garden Why yirdit, you could ask? Well, in my childhood home I often heard this Scottish word in the garden used to mean covered with earth or just mucky – more or less how you might find yourself after a heavy session in the garden. Then there was the second meaning …
Some Gardening Observations A few thoughts on why we are gardeners, with a sprinkling of sanctimony and moralising. (Oh, I’ll get over it…) Assuming you are reading this because you got bitten by the gardening bug, how did you spend your time before? It’s still winter…but there’s a raised bed to fill. The easy way …
