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've installed a new underground watering system connected to a water butt. If it works well then I'll be featuring the system in my What to do now pages in Gardeners' World Magazine next year.For now everything looks promising, but one thing still bothers me

’t notice its new residents. The nest inside looks quite small, so I suspect it was made by a wren. Which other small birds use boxes I wonder?People often ask me what they can do to attract birds into their garden - well, providing food and water is a great

, soaking up the sun. What a life.When it comes to gardening, her first love is watering, as previously described in this blog. It's hard getting through an evening of watering over summer without Magic getting involved (and soaked during the process).But a

are growing bigger by the day, and I don't want to plant out only to find a late frost damages them.Our Gardeners' World magazine campaign to help you Grow Yourself Healthy moves on apace too, and my own plot has been delivering regular pickings of rhubarb

in the What to do now section of the magazine are taken in my garden. It's not massive, and I don't have any help looking after it, so it has to be run just as anyone else working full-time would run their garden.No, I can't water the whole thing just to keep

It's hard to believe how quickly plants have grown in my garden over the past few weeks. My hostas are doing particularly well. In April I was considering repotting some of my established and congested pots of newly emerging hostas, but they've now

conditions she experiences near the east coast. Rainfall is sparse and infrequent, and watering costly and time consuming, so plants are chosen that relish dry conditions.And that is one of the big lessons I've learned from visiting gardens during this cruise

through to late-spring under cover, whether in the greenhouse or on a windowsill. All of them appreciate the extra light outside in the summer garden. For stability, all are potted into terracotta pots, as plants in plastic ones blow over far too easily

I can't be the only one looking for foolproof plants to brighten the patio during summer, but it's always nice to try something a little different too.Traditional summer bedding has its place, but it does demand regular attention.Daily watering

A plea rings out from gardeners across the country every year for a reliable control for slugs - something that will put an end to their slimy antics. Perhaps I'm in a lucky minority, but despite not having a pond my garden is hopping with frogs