If you haven’t heard of companion planting before, it is a handy technique for protecting your vegetables from pests by repelling them, attracting pollinators to help your vegetable flourish and also improving the soil with valuable nutrients. Five Excellent Plants for Improving Your Vegetable Patch 1. Borage – a pollinator attracting herb that has edible […]


Ten Lovely Winter Bloomers
UK winters can get very wet and dreary so it can help to have some plants that offer some lovely winter colour to brighten your days. 10 Winter Blooming Plants 1. Winter Aconites- lovely low-growth plant with small yellow flowers 2. Cyclamen- also low-growing with either pink, red and white flowers from late autumn to […]

Making Your Own Flower Food
Sometimes when you buy cut flowers, they do not come with a packet of flower food or maybe you like to cut flowers from your own garden to bring in the house. For either of these instances, your cut flowers will last much longer if they are given some flower food and you can easily […]

Best Way to Make Cut Flowers Last Longer
It is lovely to receive a beautiful bouquet, but don’t you wish they stay fragrant and beautiful longer? There are a few steps you can take to help keep that bright, mood-lifting floral arrangement last longer. 1. Upon receiving, or first bringing home a bunch of cut flowers, you should trim them stems by using […]

Repurposed Garden Planters
More and more people are deciding not to buy new garden planters when they can simply repurpose or upcycle an item they already have lying around and turn it into something beautiful. This is a great way to get your creative juices flowing and also reduce waste. Old tyres are a trending item to get […]