Spring has sprung and with it the new season of Gardening programmes on television. Gardener's World Monty Don, Rachel De Thame, Carol Klein and Joe Swift return for another year as Gardeners' World returns to BBC2 this Friday the 8 March. Visit the BBC Gardener's World website to find out … [Read more...]
Return of TV gardening shows
Whilst gardener's spend their winter days watching repeats on various lifestyle channels, filming of the new programmes are well under way for the 2012 season. There will be plenty of hints and tips from the professionals aimed at helping us get the best from our gardens. Gardener's World will … [Read more...]
All change at Gardener’s World
It's all change at Gardener's World 2011, but the new faces will be familiar. Toby Buckland will be replaced at the helm by his predecessor Monty Don, who had to step down a couple of years ago, due to illness. Alys Fowler will be replaced by Rachel De Thame. Carol Klein and Joe Swift will … [Read more...]
Patio Potatoes
One of our readers experimented this year by growing potatoes in a tub on the patio. At the end of August, after the stalks had died back, he emptied out about 8Kg of tubers. Earlier in the year, four seed potatoes were planted at the base of a 20 litre pot Gradually adding compost as … [Read more...]