Creating a perennial garden bed is more of a commitment than annual garden beds are, because perennials tend to live in the same place for several years. Some perennials in fact, will live and grow for ten to twenty years or more.
Perennial plants are often beautiful and, like annuals, you will find a huge […]

If you are quick you can get £5 off when you spend £50 on gardening products (or anything else for that matter) at John Lewis.
To take advantage just head to the John Lewis site using this link and then use the coupon code AP844 when you check out.
You’ll have to hurry though as the coupon […]

I wrote a couple of days ago about landscaping with raised garden beds, and now have some further suggestions for you.
Once you have a weed barrier in place, then you simply need to build your garden bed structure. You can use any number of materials to create this structure, because essentially you’re creating a retaining […]

Planting your vegetable garden in a raised garden bed makes maintenance, weeding and care much easier to do. If you created your raised beds high enough, you’ll even be able to reduce or eliminate the back pain and soreness that often comes with bending over your garden beds and plants.
Raised garden beds can be almost […]

A subscription to a gardening magazine makes a great Christmas present. For UK readers, Gardeners World and House & Garden are two of the best.

If you are from North America, I recommend Amazon’s subscription service.

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I’ve just heard that Gardening Direct is offering the choice from 3 free gifts when you spend over £40 at the site.

There’s no coupon, just follow the link and pick up your free gift! The offer is valid until Monday 17th December 2007.
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Thanks to Reg Warden, a guest writer for this interesting article on gardening the modern way.
Organic Container Gardening

Some people are physically unable to do much gardening, either because of age or an existing medical condition which prevents them from doing heavy work. For people who really enjoy gardening this can be hard to accept. This […]

It’s getting colder here in the UK with winter well on the way. Although a winter landscape may be depressing when the only living things in sight are skeleton trees and pines way off in the distance, there are things you can do to liven your garden up at this time of year, ready for […]

One of the tasks you can look at during the winter is hard landscaping and taking advantage of the the quiet gardening time to put in a pathway is good use of your time.
There are numerous ways to create an attractive and decorative garden pathway, even when your garden is on the small side. Pathways […]

I hope you enjoyed my last post about winter landscaping ideas. It’s getting much colder now in the UK and my garden is just about shut down for the winter. There are a few more jobs to consider before shutting down completely.
If you live in a mild climate, you may only need to do some […]