What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
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.
The quince is robust, self-fertile and bears alone. Apple versus pear quince, the late harvest point and what becomes of the hard fruit, from jelly to liqueur.
You overwinter potted fruit by temperature and light, not the calendar. The roadmap for fig, olive and citrus, so each plant gets the right winter quarters.
A walnut tree grows huge and, as a seedling, takes forever. Why you plan plenty of space, buy a grafted early-cropping variety and what juglone is about.
