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Transform your garden with a summerhouse

If you’re keen on your garden you’ll be used to planning ahead. If you also love relaxing in your garden, don’t neglect this important aspect – plan for it too! Summerhouses are the perfect way to ...

6 crops you can plant in the winter time

There are many seeds, bulbs and plants that will grow during the winter months and they don’t only produce beautiful flowers. The winter is the time to plant most vegetables and flowers ready for ...

Abutilon ‘Red Tiger’

This year, one of my favourite plants in my garden has been my Abutilon. I bought it in April, and it is still flowering now. They are utterly marvellous plants, and I plan to grow many more. My plan adv...

Crystal apple cucumber

This year, one of my most successful crops has been the Crystal Apple cucumber. I bought a bunch of plug plants of this lovely fruiting vegetable, and watched it scrambling about my garden enthusiastically.&nbs;...

Green tomatoes

Today, scurrying to post a letter, I realised that The Nip had arrived. Everyone knows The Nip. It turns up unannounced on one of those fine October days when the Virginia creeper glows warm paprika and the che...