Charlotte Molesworth’s Topiaries at Balmoral Cottage

When Donald and Charlotte Molesworth first arrived at their small Kent cottage more than three decades ago, there was a derelict house and an almost totally blank canvas. The plot had...

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Hydroponics

Easy Hydro Grow – Nutrients for Hydroponics in South Africa — Grow Guru

Easy Hydro Grow (EHG) manufactures nutrients for hydroponics in South Africa and is a similar copy of the famous General Hydroponics...

How to Make Honey-Fermented Garlic

It’s the season for preserving our hard-earned harvests for year-round enjoyment, an art and a science I learned more about while interviewing Sarah Thrush, author of Preserving with a...

Prepare the Garden for Winter

Tidying Up The first thing I do when putting the garden to bed for winter (usually just before Halloween) is to walk through it, collecting all the stakes,...

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Garden Design

Not Your Grandmother’s Quince: Meet the Double Take Chaenomeles speciosa

You might be thinking, “Wait, are we really talking about quince?” And maybe even, “Aren’t those the thorny shrubs my grandmother had growing out...

The best of the Chelsea Flower Show 2023 – Janna Schreier Garden Design

I always find it fascinating to understand people’s reactions to Chelsea. To understand which gardens won the various medals and awards, which were talked...

Why the UK needs a national map of potential wind farm, solar farm and housing sites | Jack Wallington

Update May 2025… Since I posted this article and sent it to various Government departments and MPs, the Government’s Department Natural England has now released...

Houseplant

How to Grow Aglaonema Indoors

Chinese Evergreen is a member of the Aroid family (Araceae), known for easy-to-please foliage house plants. A very adaptable plant, Aglaonema tolerates low light...

4 Tips to Prevent Them

Some of the links in this post may be affiliate links. So your orchid has finally bloomed, but then you’ve noticed that...

Angel Wing Begonia House Plants

Angel wing begonia house plants are gorgeous year-round. Even when not in bloom, the elegantly shaped begonia leaves cascading down cane-like stems are beautiful. Often...

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