As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Composting saves money when done right, but poor composting turns free soil food into useless clutter. Every spring, many ...

You remember that electric little thrill you get when you stumble onto a gardening secret so simple, so clever, so ridiculously effective that you wonder why it isn’t printed on seed packets in bold ...

When I moved into my home earlier this year, I was presented with a blank canvas of a garden. I stood in my yard and stared out, envisioning what I wanted it to become and decided I couldn't have such ...

Growing vegetable marrows on a compost heap is a long-standing gardening tradition. Their roots permeate the rotting material where they find plentiful nutrients and moisture, while their luxuriant ...

Compost bins can become a hotspot for pests in spring but gardeners need to check them now before flies start laying eggs in late March ...

Found a stash of old seed packets? Learn the clever phone torch hack plus a quick germination test to see which seeds are ...