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How to harvest vegetables at the perfect time for maximum flavour

When to pick vegetables, crop by crop

Picking too late costs more flavour than picking too early does. The tells that say a crop is ready, what to check on each one, and why mornings are better.

When to pick vegetables, crop by crop

Picking too late costs more flavour than picking too early does. The tells that say a crop is ready, what to check on each one, and why mornings are better.

Save Money by Buying These Durable Garden Tools

Save Money by Buying These Durable Garden Tools

Investing in durable garden tools is one of the smartest choices you can make. A solid stainless steel spade, sturdy fork, and a pair of pruners that actually hold an...

Save Money by Buying These Durable Garden Tools

Investing in durable garden tools is one of the smartest choices you can make. A solid stainless steel spade, sturdy fork, and a pair of pruners that actually hold an...

What you don’t know about compost activators could save you time

Compost activators, and whether your heap needs...

A compost activator is nitrogen and microbes in a bag, and most backyard heaps already have both. How to work out what a slow heap is actually short of.

Compost activators, and whether your heap needs...

A compost activator is nitrogen and microbes in a bag, and most backyard heaps already have both. How to work out what a slow heap is actually short of.

The easiest way to start a lasagne garden bed

How to build a lasagne garden bed, layer by layer

A lasagne bed is a garden bed you build on top of the ground rather than digging one out. What goes in each layer, in what order, and how long...

How to build a lasagne garden bed, layer by layer

A lasagne bed is a garden bed you build on top of the ground rather than digging one out. What goes in each layer, in what order, and how long...

The Secret to Keeping Your Garden Green Without Wasting Water

How to keep a garden green on less water

Most of the water that goes on a garden never reaches a root, and it gets lost in ways you can actually do something about. Mulch, soil, where the water...

How to keep a garden green on less water

Most of the water that goes on a garden never reaches a root, and it gets lost in ways you can actually do something about. Mulch, soil, where the water...

How to stop worrying about pests and start enjoying your garden again

When a garden pest is worth spraying, and when ...

A few chewed leaves is not an infestation, and treating it like one is how people end up spraying a garden every fortnight for no reason. Here is how to...

When a garden pest is worth spraying, and when ...

A few chewed leaves is not an infestation, and treating it like one is how people end up spraying a garden every fortnight for no reason. Here is how to...