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, which open to pinky-white flowers in spring.Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'I love this hosta, with its flashes of creamy white on dark-green undulating foliage. Planting hostas in pots helps to protect them from slug and snail attack.Hosta 'Night Before

shame to sacrifice a prime location or an already productive spot in your garden, but when you weigh up the increased benefits you’ll get from protected cropping, it’s a sacrifice worth making.Think about what you want to do with your protected structure

with gritty loam-based compost and sow the seeds evenly across the surface.Sprinkle a layer of compost over the seeds, water, then stand the pot in a cold frame or sheltered place in the garden. Keep it watered and protect it from birds.AdamMake sure berries

cutters. The protective covering of the plastic film should be left in place until you've finished. Roll the metal into a cone so that the edges overlap by 1cm.Use your bradawl to make three evenly spaced holes along the join of the cone, piercing through

A wall-mounted mini-greenhouse will protect seedlings and cuttings from cold weather without taking up too much space. You can make your own mini-greenhouse, using an old wooden wine box and an acrylic sheet. Wooden wine box1 sheet of acrylic

tomato blightDealing with tomato leaf mouldProtecting tomatoes from frost damage/aGrowing tomatoes, blog by Jane Moore

basketHow to control tomato blightDealing with tomato leaf mouldProtect tomatoes from frost damageCaring for greenhouse tomatoes

.Dip the cut end of the stem into rooting hormone mixture and insert into pots filled with gritty compost.Water well, pop inside a clear polythene bag and seal with a rubber band. Place in a warm bright position to root, but protect from scorching sunshine

? Did he tunnel under the wire? Or did he just grit his teeth (snails have thousands of teeth so that is a lot of gritting!) and climb the copper? My favourite theory is that he climbed a lily stalk and fell off landing within the protective ring. It

. Is it really worth propagating what are relatively cheap bedding plants, and keeping these protected over winter to plant up next summer? I'm always in two minds. Pelargoniums, fuchsias and a host of others really need to be propagated now, too, if cuttings