The Best Guide for the DE74 Area

Gardening

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  Allotment Gardens

  Published: Wed, 23/04/2008 14:48

  Allotments have held a place in gardeners' hearts for several years and have become a British institution.

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  Starting Seeds Indoors

  Published: Mon, 31/03/2008 00:48

  Starting seeds indoors is really enjoyable.

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  Organic Gardening Part 1

  Published: Thu, 27/09/2007 17:05

  Sunday 16th September 2007 sees the start of Organic Fortnight. What is meant by the term ‘Organic Gardening'?
  

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  Topical Lawn Mowing Tips from GreenThumb

  Published: Mon, 27/08/2007 23:26

  The grass has been growing very fast for most of the Summer in the unusually wet weather: a sudden dry spell will come as a surprise, and your turf will need a little more TLC!

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  Green Lawn - Red Alert!

  Published: Mon, 27/08/2007 23:04

  Our record breaking wet summer has brought a red threat to lawns in Leicestershire and Derbyshire!

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  Herbaceous Perennials to Cherish - part 1

  Published: Tue, 31/07/2007 01:26

  My love of herbaceous perennials knows no bounds and I derive endless pleasure from propagating, growing and proudly showing the various plants.

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  Molluscs! (slugs and snails)

  Published: Tue, 31/07/2007 01:18

  The recent constant wet weather has seen an apparent increase in the predominance of the notorious garden pests, slugs and snails

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  Fuchsia Cuttings

  Published: Tue, 31/07/2007 01:11

  One of many satisfying things about gardening is growing your own plants from seed or cuttings. One of the easiest is the beautiful fuchsia.

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  Feed the Bees

  Published: Mon, 16/07/2007 11:04

  Bees need food and a place to live in gardens, parks, and wild areas.

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  Lavender - A Most Enjoyable Plant

  Published: Tue, 10/07/2007 20:05

  As I write this, it has started to rain yet again.

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  The Damp Garden

  Published: Tue, 10/07/2007 20:02

  I knew it! I wrote an article on dry conditions and plants which thrive in and adapt to dry conditions and - lo and behold! - it seems only hours after when the rains came.

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  Compost Making

  Published: Sun, 24/06/2007 18:03

  How do we make compost and what is ‘compost'?

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  Perennials for Dry Soil in Sun

  Published: Mon, 11/06/2007 15:48

  Earlier I wrote about plants which are drought-tolerant. On a slightly different topic, here are a few examples of perennial plants

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  Drought tolerant planting

  Published: Mon, 11/06/2007 15:43

  If, as we are led to believe, climate change will involve hotter, drier summers in this country, we may need to look a little closer at the type of plants we place in our gardens.

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  Soils - a pleasure or pain?

  Published: Sun, 06/05/2007 23:31

  We gardeners are never fully satisfied! It has rained too much or there has been no rain for too long.

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  Vegetables, Salads and Protected Crops

  Published: Wed, 02/05/2007 10:53

  As a gardener, my greatest love is to grow ornamental plants but, as a friend pointed out to me: "You can't eat flowers!"

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  Half-Hardy Plants Propagated by Seed

  Published: Wed, 25/04/2007 15:37

  New entrants to gardening may find propagating half-hardy plants - those susceptible to damage by frost - by seed both productive and exciting. The process need not be daunting, ho

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  Great Big National Sunflower Growing Contest Comes to DE74!

  Published: Wed, 25/04/2007 14:02

  With the unusually high temperatures upon us, our minds turn to summer and what better way enjoy the sunshine than by getting outside and getting dirty!

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