Grow Your Own Drugs
Making plants and weeds seem trendy is easy for the presenter of the TV series ‘Grow Your Own Drugs’, James Wong. “I grew up in Malaysia and Singapore where there is a different attitude to […]
Lynne Allbutt
Gardening Angel Talks to Angel Lady
Sunday Times Best Selling author, Jacky Newcomb describes herself as a Paranormal Experience Expert. She confesses cheerfully, “When I started my first book, over 10 years ago, I still wasn’t absolutely sure about the paranormal […]
Barking at Angels
Uncontrollable tears have been falling with the autumn leaves this week. Tippy my four legged companion and confidant of 13 years passed away. She had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in the summer; small but […]
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 […]
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 […]