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Summer pruning of fruit trees – especially apples and pears – is quite possibly my favourite task in the garden at this time of year, as it’s not too physical in the current hot [...]

Or Bindweed, as it’s more commonly called, though “The Devil’s Guts” is a pretty good description of what the roots of this perennial weed look like, and what [...]

OK, you are very unlikely to put Waitrose out of business as to get an avocado to flower, never mind fruit, here in the UK is a pretty long shot, but Persea americana makes for an interesting [...]

Not everyone wants, nevermind can afford, a large garden. For starters large gardens take more time, effort and money to maintain. Today I have been working in a small garden – only 7m long [...]

Working today to eradicate couch grass – know as “twitch” up north – from a client’s garden. Like all perennial weeds, couch grass has evolved to store food in its [...]

After the murk and drizzle of this morning, an unexpectedly sunny afternoon at the National Trust’s Hidcote Manor Garden, luxuriant following the recent spring rain The planting in the [...]