Hiking Beats Housework
I am not happy; I have been forced into doing housework. Not my favourite pastime and even though it is said that ‘God gives us rain so that gardeners can do the housework’, personally I’d […]
Articles by Lynne Allbutt
I’m A Celebrity, Get me Out of the Garden!
Popular Comedian and presenter Joe Pasquale, credits being crowned King of the Jungle in ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ a couple of years ago, as the catalyst for his return to the […]
Berry Good for the Birds
To provide natural food for the birds, plant honeysuckle, ivy and hawthorn in your garden or hedgerow. The adult birds will enjoy the berries whilst the plants also attract insects that will provide food for […]
Getting a ‘Wiggle On’ in the Garden
Entrepreneur Heather Gorringe founded Wiggly Wigglers, the Really Rural Store, as a result of her father heaping manure outside her kitchen window. An unusual motivation maybe but she explains, “Years ago I used to help […]
Life’s a Beach … Seaside Gardening
I spent a lovely day in Pembrokeshire last week, advising a couple on a planting scheme for their beautiful cliff top garden. Although the benefits are usually stunning views, seaside gardening has challenges of its […]
Find Out if an ex- Grange Hill Pupil is Green Fingered
TV actor Erkan Mustafa, best known for playing Roland Browning in the legendary BBC school drama series Grange Hill, immediately shares fond memories of recording an episode in North Wales with me. “You have the […]
Buzz Off – wasp free zone!
The recent high winds have already brought down a lot of apples and plums in the garden and wasps are proving a real nuisance. They change their feeding habits in the autumn preferring sweet things […]
Juicy Fruit – for free!
I’m still harvesting loads of veggies from the veg garden, as Bill (Tidy) commented, it’s all working as a ‘currency’ as well as a form of recycling – I had a wonderful veg quiche returned […]
Legendary Cartoonist Bill Tidy on Growing ‘Tidy’ Vegetables
Legendary cartoonist Bill Tidy admits that he was in his 40’s before he ‘decided to grow things’. He explains; “I never bothered with gardening before that – apart from the lawn. I loved a Millennium […]
Oliver Heath at Home in his Garden
TV presenter, writer and eco-designer Oliver Heath is recognisable to most of us as the popular designer on BBC’s Changing Rooms and Dream Homes. “Good design should excite and raise our emotions – it should […]