This is the season for seedlings. Now is the time for germinating them in your home or greenhouse, which of course requires good seed compost. The problem is most compost types (including multipurpose compost) you can buy from garden centres and nurseries are not ideal seed starting mixes. You have probably had some plants that no matter what you did, just did not germinate. They seemed overly watered on top but dry to the bones…

Hanging baskets are a great way to add more variety and structure to your colourful garden. Hanging baskets can be made from things you have at home or simply purchased, then hung around the garden to draw the gaze upward. Put them next to your front door, along an otherwise dull wall in the garden, and mix and match the size and shape of colours for more style. How to Make a Hanging Basket Theoretically,…

If you have hanging baskets sitting around your garden table, but you don’t know what to put in them, consider growing Petunias.  With some initial effort, your garden can come alive with an array of colours all summer and they are perfect for growing in baskets because you don’t need too many plants and they are one of the easier baskets plants to deadhead as the flowers are not ridiculously tiny. You can also get away…

Growing plants in a hanging basket can offer a wonderful array of colours, at heights and levels that ground-based potted plants simply don’t offer. Of course, that comes with the requirement to hang it securely, so that the basket doesn’t fall and it’s important to remember that a large 16-18 inch basket that has just been watered is very heavy. Thankfully this process is rather simple. What you will need You will need a drill, the…