Its Pollinator Week - Follow these handy tips to attract, and keep, pollinators in your garden sanctuary!

1. Location: Roses need full sun, at least six hours each day throughout the growing season, and preferably morning sun as afternoon sun...

Have a new garden or just new to gardening? Follow these tips to get your landscape in control: 1. Clean Up - If you don't have tools,...

Before you plant a single plant, you first need to know what your soil type is: clay, silt or sand, or a combination of all three. These...

In Pemberton, I never know if May will bring soaring temperatures and blazing sun (like it did this year) or lingering morning frosts,...

July is typically a smokin' hot month in Pemberton, so much so that we are usually worried about nearby forest fires whilst...

While half of me is celebrating the fact that I no longer worry about making sure my garden is getting enough water, I am finding it hard...

There is nothing so thrilling as seeing bulbs pop out of the deadest, driest, barest sections of soil in my garden. Here you are in...

Having planted garlic starts in one of the four veggie boxes Mr. Wonderful built for me last autumn, I was happy to see that they...

You wouldn't think that at the start of the autumn rains here in Pemberton one should be thinking about anything other than watching the...

In the beginning of my gardening on this side of the hemisphere, I used to buy small, yet expensive packs of six veggie seedlings, such...

“A smooth, closely shaven surface of grass is by far the most essential element of beauty on the grounds of a suburban house. Let your...

Summer is in full swing here in Pemby, the flowers are bursting with colour, shrubs are growing in all directions and the veggie boxes...

Other than adding manure and compost, the best thing you can do to improve your garden is put mulch on top of your soil. Not only does it...

Life has slowed down on the old quarry here, tree leaves quietly creating a carpet of burnt orange below the branches, the frost killing...

Two years ago we decided to take the plunge, go the next step and move from our well-loved townhouse to a single-family house with a bit...

Plants that attract butterflies: Alyssum Aster Bee balm Butterfly bush Calendula Cosmos Daylily Delphinium Dianthus Fennel Globe thistle...

Nowadays, you can't miss the news about the dramatic decline in pollinator species, in particular bees, bats and butterflies. Pesticides,...

Have you ever grown your own food? I don't mean a pot of herbs on your windowsill, not to downplay herbs, but your own berries, stone...