The other day I did something I had been putting off for months: I tidied my seed box. I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not one of those women who has a perfectly organised seed box coded by month, colour of flower or type of veg. I have a pallet-tray in which I chuck all [...]

Wondering what to do with those piles of leaves mounting up in your garden? Here’s how to make your own beautiful leaf mould.

The saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) is probably the most beautiful plant you’ll ever grow in your hot veg plot. Its beautiful, dreamy flowers and huge, molten-iron-coloured stamens are heart-breakingly beautiful. But that’s not all: this crocus is the source of that heart-breakingly expensive and utterly desirable spice, saffron.

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Here’s how to make your own incredibly sweet and intense sundried tomatoes from your own stock of homegrown heritage fruits.

Foraging for elderflowers is one of the loveliest things to do on a summer’s day. It’s the sort of thing that makes you want to dress up in a white floaty dress and clutch a wicker basket. Unfortunately, I gathered this large bouquet of flowers on my way back from a run, which rather spoiled [...]

I love using home-spun potions in my garden. They’re cheaper than sprays from the garden centre, and they are normally far better for the ecosystem in the garden as well. This cheeky little lemon spray will send the pesky aphids in your garden running for the hills. I picked this idea up from Tom Brown, [...]

Thursday’s urban veg growing workshop was a lot of fun. It was great to natter for two hours about growing your own vegetables in whatever space you have, with whatever materials you have. For anyone who couldn’t make it, or for those who could and who want a reminder on some of the tips and [...]

It has been two weeks since I planted out my tomatoes, and they are scrambling ever higher. The first flowers are starting to open, and I’m starting to yearn for the first sugary bite of a ‘Sungold’ cherry, or a fat, juicy slice of ‘Purple Calabash’. But while I wait, rather impatiently, I’m tending to [...]

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…Robin Williams & Associates. These super-cool, super-clever garden designers are the subject of today’s Design Showcase, and we’re a little bit in love. But it turns out that the feeling is reciprocated. Robin Williams & Associates love F&F readers too. Because they love you all so much, this award-winning design practice have given us an [...]