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-rate of the crop, plant the cloves in divided seed trays of multi-purpose compost. Water well and place trays in a cool greenhouse or cold frame to grow on.Garlic plants grown in trays will be ready to plant out in March or April. Use a trowel to make a hole

sides, as in ambidextrous) and bios (life), meaning that these wonderful creatures are equally happy on both sides of the water/land divide.Very shortly, pond or no, gardens are more likely to see frogs and toads than ever, because now is the start

GreenwoodAdvice on planting and dividing snowdropsHow to grow hyacinths in a pot

diameterPencil, wood saw, rulerFebruary - October2 hoursUsing a pencil, divide and cut the plank into the following sized pieces: 40cm x 15cm (back), 23cm x 20cm (roof) and 23cm x 15cm (front). Finally cut a piece 20cm x 34cm and cut it diagonally to create

(with lots of herbaceous stuff) I have a great deal of raw material. My compostery is in an old cowshed which was divided into bays. One bay is being filled and the other is quietly rotting away. It has the advantage of being big but the disadvantage

, forgotten.Give them a decent fertile soil and they will never disappoint. They should be divided every few years in early spring.By the way, Future Gardens starts this week. It is the successor to the late, lamented Westonbirt Festival of the Garden

group plantings of them that get people worked up?It's not just members of our team that have such strong views about plants. The inaugural Gardeners' World Awards revealed that we're a nation divided when it comes to the rose, placing it top of the poll

clumps of this and that from my mum, who is very understanding of having her established perennials lifted out of the ground and brutally divided with a spade. My bird boxes and feeders have been up for a while, but there’s been no sign of any birds

that are still viable. (iv) Plant the seeds that my very efficient wife has ordered. (v) Divide grasses and some herbaceous plants. (vi) Prune and tie back climbing roses. (vii) Cut back willows and dogwoods - although this can wait a bit. (viii) Plant bare

to cover fences, and are used to divide areas of the garden. I have a greenhouse where I can squeeze in about eight tomato plants, a couple of cucumbers, plus pots of aubergine, sweet peppers and chillies. And pots of strawberries too, as grown outside