Now, it’s highly possible I was alone in this one, but before I started on my horticulture course the principle of deadheading eluded me somewhat. Yes, I grasped the basics: deadheading meant removing old flower heads from a plant. But I never managed to find more information than that. How should I remove them? What … Continue reading Gardening jargon buster: deadheading
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Gardening jargon buster: calcifuges
All about the acid lovers of the plant world... Hello lovely gardening readers. It’s Wednesday again and here I am cracking on through the alphabet at a rate of knots, now turning my attention to the letter C and with it, the fussy old calcifuges. My aim with my gardening jargon buster series is to … Continue reading Gardening jargon buster: calcifuges
Gardening jargon buster: biological control
“Biological control” is one of those gardening phrases that sounds really off-putting and overly-scientific for something that’s actually nice and cuddly and environmentally friendly and green and, frankly, just the kind of thing I am all about when it comes to gardening. (It's also, quite arguably, a lazy way of gardening, which gets my vote … Continue reading Gardening jargon buster: biological control
Alkalinity to acidity and everything in between
…or, why soil pH is so important Before I really started to get into gardening, I have to admit, I thought the whole soil pH thing was a bit of a nonsense. Sure, I was aware that such things as soil tests existed and that every intro to every gardening book I looked at recommended … Continue reading Alkalinity to acidity and everything in between
Gardening jargon buster
I’m a fairly recent convert to gardening. In my teens and early 20s, I had no appreciation of the joys to be found digging and watering, planting bulbs and pulling weeds and generally pootling around with a cup of tea in hand, looking at what’s going on in your little patch of land. When I … Continue reading Gardening jargon buster
Wolves in London 