Gardeners' Heaven

The rest of the nation are now waking up to what allotment gardeners and greenhouse owners have known for a long time – growing your own really does save you money. With news this week that the cost of tomatoes is set to rise this summer by as much as 60 per cent, now is [...]

A relatively new concept in garden design, Square foot gardening is a based on the principle of growing fruit and vegetables in raised beds in a richly fertilised soil. The beds are subsectioned with either string or canes, ie square feet. The original square-foot-gardening method used an open-bottomed box to contain a finite amount of [...]

When the going gets tough, the tough go gardening. It’s the perfect antidote for hard times. The great thing about gardening is that you can achieve a lot on a tight budget – without sacrificing results. Just switch to real hands-on gardening instead of the instant sort that requires lots of expensive chemicals, power tools [...]