Category: Gardening uk

If you're eagle-eyed at this time of the year, you may spot small caches of green cobnuts in their pale frilly casings at greengrocers or farmers' markets. Grab them while they're in season, crack open their downy shells – I tap firmly with a small …
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A third day in New York. A third day on the High Line. I haven't stepped inside a museum, or travelled further than the rail yards of Penn Station, where this elevated railway curves to a halt. Built in the Thirties to ship freight through the city …
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… for all – lucky passers-by and birds included. Write to Thorny Problems at helen.yemm@telegraph.co.uk or Gardening, The Daily Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. Helen Yemm can answer questions only through this column .
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The winter vegetable garden needs a little help in the soil department. … Mail-order companies have stopped sending them out this late in the main, but Spalding Auction (01775 723333; spaldingauction.co.uk), a great hunting ground, often has them later.
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But, as the author Lorraine Harrison explains, the language is in fact extremely helpful – and makes the study of plants much easier. Learn several dozen Latin terms (often derived from Greek), and, suddenly, you'll understand the colour, size, scent, …
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Here's a rundown of events: Cargreen Gardening Club – Charlotte Moreton on works of art more suitable for gardens on October 10 at 7.30pm in Landulph memorial hall annexe, Cargreen. Only £3 for non-members – more on www.charlottemoreton.co.uk. ​ …
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Cancer Research UK carried out a separate study recently, discovering that brisk walking, gardening and housework can lower the likelihood of suffering breast cancer. Dr Joanna Reynolds, Cancer Research UK's director of centres, said: “It is only now …
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Dung Pham, 46, was found hiding inside the property in Kingsley Avenue, Daventry town centre, during a police raid in July. Laura O'Malley, prosecuting at Northampton Crown Court, said: “At 1.40pm, eight police officers, together with an electrician …
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If you want one and can afford the Convoi Exceptionnel to get it back to the UK, that is. Next up, Smits nursery in Holland where I was looking to select yew hedging for a maze we are planting next spring. As suppliers to Deepdale, this is very much …
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UK based Jobs and volunteering in the Environmental sector.
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The deal to move into new premises was secured by Scott Osborne, from Nottingham consultancy Innes England, who said: “The premises on Park Road East are ideally located for Internet Gardener, which was already based locally and allows for continued …
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Sheridan had been on gardening leave since August 28 after the Spireites failed to win any of their first four league and cup matches this season. Assistant manager Tommy Wright and coach Mark Crossley have been in temporary charge of first-team …
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British house prices unexpectedly fell in September, data from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Tuesday, adding to a recent string of disappointing economic news. * London copper eased on Tuesday after gaining for three sessions with holidays in …
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Recent reporting on the threat of weedkiller pollution leaves gardeners without the full facts on peat-free compost, argues John Walker.
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Lim in Chong won the Best in Show accolade at the 2012 Gardening World Cup in Japan on Friday September 28, an event that Bob Sweet, head of judging for the Royal Horticultural Society and convener of the judges here, said had this year produced …
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LONDON Oct 2 (Reuters) – British gardening supplies group William Sinclair Holdings PLC warned that it will miss market expectations for the year and said that its chief executive will step down, after record summer rainfall played havoc with the peat …
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Summerwood Lane Community Garden, who run a variety of workshops in organic fruit and vegetable growing, wildlife gardening and arts and crafts, are looking for a community garden volunteer to work in Clifton. Call Emma Jordan on 07944124423 or email …
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Frankly massive and possibly the poshest bird feeder around. No covered sides, though, so all those nuts can get blown around. 3. Traditional bird table. £9.99, robertdyas.co.uk. No trees? No problem, as this table comes with its own supporting structure.
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BULBS: From left, Elaine Gaskell, of Heathlands care home; Pat Catlin, of Age UK; and Sophie Perry, Maisie Phelps and Tom Harrison, all aged two, of Stepping Stones nursery. A CARE home welcomed toddlers from a nearby nursery to celebrate the …
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Here's a bit of fun adapted from last week's International Book Week: Grab the gardening book closest to you, turn to page 52, and post the 5th sentence as …
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THE Cradley Heath Flower and Gardening Club went back in time this week after attending a Victorian evening at Haden Hill House. All the staff were dressed as butlers, maids and the club's members also donned Victorian garb for the event. The ladies …
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There comes the sad, woeful feeling of autumn. Missed opportunities, projects unfinished, shortening day length, bad asters. Yep, asters: I can't stand them. The weak lilac blue of these wimpy late-summer daisies may be viewed by more high-minded …
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… and Gardening Services). Buy this photo at www.thisisphotosales.co.uk/grimsby or by contacting 08444 060910. ​ … If you require a handyman to finish off those little jobs or a gardener to spruce the borders, check out Handyman and Gardening Services.
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Slugs have been a blight on British gardens for decades. But this year, after the wettest summer in more than a century, we're in the midst of an invasion – and the slugs are bigger and more ferocious than ever. “Monster slugs” from the Iberian …
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However, British gardeners will always do their best to fill their borders with flowers, their baskets with blooms and their vegetable plots with the crunchiest, tastiest uce th th that at nature allows So produce that nature allows. So we are …
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Two weeks ago first seed catalogue arrived looking through I was amazed at the accesories on sale ,Five types of hoe which as far as I could see any sharp …
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Other speakers included some of the brightest young lights of the British gardening world – Alys Fowler, her fellow Guardian writer Lia Leendertz, self-sufficiency guru Simon Dawson, and Mark Diacono of Otter Farm – as well as our own Irish-based …
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Britain is the only country in the world where a cooking apple (the incomparable 'Bramley', of course) is a major force in the market. Elsewhere, the distinction isn't so clearly made. Any old apple will do for a French tarte tatin. Here, if you're …
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Start to clear out summer bedding plants if you plan to replace them with wallflowers or sweet williams. Though it is difficult to throw out plants that are still doing their best for you, you need time to fork over and feed the ground before the next …
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Today is the Autumnal Equinox, and for conventional gardeners that means hard work.
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