What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
Not every herb overwinters the same. Sort them into three groups: hardy perennials stay outside, half-hardy come in cool and bright, sensitive ones you resow.
Basil almost always dies for three reasons: too cold, watered from above, harvested wrongly. How to avoid all three and harvest fresh basil all summer.
The herb spiral creates many spots on a few square metres, from the dry top to the moist foot zone. How to build and plant it correctly.
Rosemary rarely freezes to death, it rots in wet cold. How to overwinter it cool and bright, prune it right without cutting into old wood and choose hardy varieties.
Parsley germinates slowly, is biennial and soil-fatiguing. Know these three quirks and you never have empty beds again. How growing succeeds without frustration.
Yellow leaves on citrus are almost never thirst. How to read the yellow correctly, counter it with soft water and citrus fertiliser and spot scale insects early.
The potted olive rarely dies of frost but of wet and darkness. Why you overwinter it cool, bright and almost dry and bring it indoors only late.
The hazelnut is a manageable shrub for almost any garden. Why you need two varieties, how to rejuvenate rather than shape it and what helps against the weevil.
If your lemon drops its leaves in winter, it is almost always the quarters. Why leaf drop is a light-warmth mismatch and how to avoid it cool and bright.
