Planting spuds!In a recent blog I talked about ‘chitting’ potatoes – the process of encouraging the seed potatoes to sprout before they are planted. Well, my chitting was reasonably successful, as on my return from a recent visit to China, I went to…

If you are a keen gardener there’s a very good chance that when you are not gardening you are thinking about gardening! Am I right? If I am then there’s a fair chance that come a wintery evening you are sitting in front of a glowing fire using your l…

I have always had a fondness for Rhododendrons and Azaleas, principally I guess because I was brought up on the borders of Surrey, near Bagshot, an area known for these types of plants in the landscape. The soil in that region is naturally acidic whi…