Foliage of some of the most common garden ornamentals will last up to a year or more in dry arrangements. It’s a wonderful ...

Using pavers or stones to build up a soil-filled planter around a tree’s trunk is seriously damaging to the tree. “You’ll be ...

Australian researchers found that native Old Man Saltbush can boost protein and fiber in pasta while reducing added salt.

The developer hails its nutritional value and, in describing it, remarked: “You are basically looking at a blueberry in tomato clothes.” Curiously enough, it was genes from a snapdragon flower that ...

The growths you describe are suckers, which are new stems produced from the root system or base of the main stem (trunk). Suckers often grow at a much more rapid pace than the growing tips of the ...

Have you ever looked at a pile of kitchen scraps and wondered if they could have a second life? Instead of tossing them into ...

Emma Jacobs’ article on blended family inheritance correctly identifies the importance of communication but doesn’t address the potential risks of communicating prematurely (FT Money, January 31). In ...

This video explains a little about growing garlic in the subtropics, purple asparagus, seedless Valencia oranges, and few other things I purchased from my local garden centre. If you like my videos ...

In a less flowery garden, you can spot the gaps more easily – and fill them with bare-root plants at this time of year This time last year we were about to put our old flat on the market – the first ...

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