For every positive in the garden this summer there has been a pest or a disease…
Small gardens
This section is filled with useful gardening tips and tricks for small gardens.
Clapham garden: Autumn is on the way
Summer is almost over and Autumn is on the way. Many of our new plants are simply…
What’s going on: end of August
Where is this year going?! Where on earth did summer go?! It’s the end of August and the…
Parrot Flower Power – iPhone app and Bluetooth sensor gizmo
For Christmas, Chris bought me a Parrot Flower Power – what is it? It’s a battery…
Littlebury in August
I started our garden in spring with tiny plants. I didn’t want an instant garden at…
Brachyscome iberidifolia (blue) window box pruning
Back at the start of the year we spent ages trying to decide the type of…
Cacti mini garden
Three barrel cacti, including one from Chelsea Flower Show 2014. The flowering one is obviously the…
Clapham Garden (Part 3): pots happening in May?
Spring started early this year, with a warm March and April, during which I planted out…
Clapham Garden (Part 2: Moving A Cordyline Australis)
Two very Clapham features of our Clapham garden are two Cordyline australis trees (originating from New…
Clapham Garden (Part 1: Shade Alley)
Ground Zero. I’ve always loved our garden. It’s a good size for a London flat garden,…