Gardening tips » gardening – general http://www.gardentipsuk.com UK gardening tips and practical gardening Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 Composting commandments http://www.gardentipsuk.com/composting-commandments.html http://www.gardentipsuk.com/composting-commandments.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:28:11 +0000 admin http://www.gardentipsuk.com/?p=124 I was interested in building my own composting bin along the beehive-like lines suggested by Alys Fowler in her book that I like very much, “The Thrifty Gardener” (link on the right hand side of this page), but we bought a plastic bin for the time being.

These aren’t commandments – it just seemed a marginally catchy [...]]]> http://www.gardentipsuk.com/composting-commandments.html/feed 0 And so we wait… http://www.gardentipsuk.com/and-so-we-wait.html http://www.gardentipsuk.com/and-so-we-wait.html#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:33 +0000 admin http://www.gardentipsuk.com/?p=101 Still quiet. Early February, weather still holding things back and oh how I long for better weather. As well as generally improving one’s mood, there are so many jobs and ideas that need a break in the frost and rain cycle that we seem stuck in; the occasional sunny day isn’t helping. The plants in the [...]]]> http://www.gardentipsuk.com/and-so-we-wait.html/feed 0 Triffids invading! http://www.gardentipsuk.com/triffids-invading.html http://www.gardentipsuk.com/triffids-invading.html#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:23:58 +0000 admin http://www.gardentipsuk.com/?p=89 Not much to report after severe winter weather. It did cause us to cut back on various plans and a lot of jobs and projects have been deferred as a result, We had bought some tree lilies and have been unsurprised to see how they are growing, particularly with a decent greenhouse heater in action due to [...]]]> http://www.gardentipsuk.com/triffids-invading.html/feed 0 Digging http://www.gardentipsuk.com/digging.html http://www.gardentipsuk.com/digging.html#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:00:24 +0000 admin http://www.gardentipsuk.com/?p=18 Plenty of digging required for various purposes:

Turning over beds and borders that were remaining in place Digging out a base for the greenhouse to lay flagstones Creating a separate flagstone base for a large water butt Moving soil from above areas and the rear of the garden, which is planned to be a hedge eventually Using the excess soil, [...]]]> http://www.gardentipsuk.com/digging.html/feed 0 Gardening challenges ahead http://www.gardentipsuk.com/gardening-challenges-ahead.html http://www.gardentipsuk.com/gardening-challenges-ahead.html#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:41:25 +0000 admin http://www.gardentipsuk.com/?p=13 Recently we decided that we had let our garden drift to a point where we wanted to make changes. This subsequently developed into reintroducing greenhouse gardening into our hobby. Then we cleared quite a bit of the garden to address a few issues, including:

Overgrown borders and some plants that were out of control and getting [...]]]> http://www.gardentipsuk.com/gardening-challenges-ahead.html/feed 0 The Pleasure Of Gardening http://www.gardentipsuk.com/the-pleasure-of-gardening.html http://www.gardentipsuk.com/the-pleasure-of-gardening.html#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:56:00 +0000 admin http://www.gardentipsuk.com/?p=9 Our garden is never going to be a model for paradise, but just somewhere pleasant to relax. Both my wife and I enjoy gardening or sitting reading or writing and watching birds, butterflies and wildlife.

There are many aspects of gardening that I find interesting but overall I’m very much in favour of letting things evolve [...]]]> http://www.gardentipsuk.com/the-pleasure-of-gardening.html/feed 0