The Day of the Locust
We’ve got our garden centres back. Their long overdue re-opening has helped restore a sense of normality, even if that normality is...
It's opening time
The Sunday newspaper headlines today are full of hints and suggestions that garden centres might be open from mid-May. They also suggest...
You Say Hello, And I Say Goodbye
For those of you who listen to the Sounds of the Sixties on Radio 2 with Tony Blackburn, the lyrics will be immediately recognisable....
Is Adam Frost a Chuckle Brother?
You don’t tend to watch Gardeners’ World for knockabout humour but an item on the programme the other day was right up there with the...
Get in touch with your inner garden geek
I know they’re supposed to be used outside, but up until now I’ve only employed a maximum and minimum thermometer to measure how cold our...
Resident weevil
It’s never much fun when you’re hit with a dose of vine weevil. For a start, it’s embarrassing. It’s not the kind of thing you want to...
Chilli love song
With the end of the year in sight, it is a time for a gardener to sit back in a comfortable armchair and reflect on the great successes...
‘Nobody cares about your creative hub so get your f*****’ hedge cut’
Listening to music in the garden is a great pleasure, but it has its pitfalls too. If you take a radio out there, unless you are going to...
'Love Your Garden'
Everyone loves a garden makeover show – especially when the changes are dramatic. With Ground Force, national treasure Alan Titchmarsh...
We were expecting peppers
Like most gardeners I love growing things from seed. Unlike most gardeners, I’m never really 100% sure of what I’ve planted. Flushed with...
