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Gardening Help: 10 Great Gardening Tips and Ideas

Ten gardening tips that will help you solve those small garden problems that drive you mad. Primarily written for Spring, most will help you grow better year round.

An Eco-Friendly Backyard Garden

This has to be a good idea. Imagine a healthy, green backyard garden: perfect for lounging, great for ball games and barbecues, a real asset to your home. But did you know that your garden, and how you take care of it, can also help the environment?

Become an Urban Farmer and Start Growing Potted Plants

Possibly a business opportunity that will turn your hobby to a profit. Anyone can be a farmer. You can grow trees and plants even if you have to raise them in POTS.

Time for a garden makeover

Spring is time to makleover your garden which can be done on a budget.

10 Most Hated Weeds. Controlling and Killing Weeds

In this article we're going to reveal the American gardener's most hated weeds. You may or may not agree with this list or how to deal with them. One thing most gardeners agree with is that weeds are annoying at best and downright nasty at worst.

Garden Growing - Planting Tomatoes

In this article we're going to discuss the planting of tomatoes. This isn't something to try if you're new to gardening. Tomatoes need special care if you are going to get a good crop and are one of the most valuable home grown crops as you get a much better flavour

Gardening - Your January To Do List

January is a strange month, it feels like there is nothing to do but that is not the case. In this article we're going to go over your to do list for January when it comes to taking care of your garden..

Grow Organic Vegetables

There are more reasons than ever why anybody with access to a few square feet of the outdoors should grow their own organic vegetables. Fight back against the supermarkets and agribusiness and take control of your food supply.

Gypsum: A Valuable Input for Agriculture and Gardeners

A large proportion of land in the world could be improved and brought into productive use. Gypsum can be used as a aid in the reclamation of this land. It is also beneficial for agricultural and garden crop production.

An Introduction to Herb Growing for Allotments and Gardens

An introduction to herb growing with suggestions for 13 herbs you can grow on your allotment

Use Gypsum in Gardening and Growing Vegetables

Many gardeners have been confused about the role of gypsum in gardening. It is a soil additive that helps provide micronutrients, a conditioner and a fertilizer.

Horse Manure - Does It Have Any Uses?

The author states: I grew up on a dairy farm and learned early in my life that cow manure is useful. I started wondering if horse manure is useful as a fertilizer too. Guess what he found?

How To Build a Compost Bin for your Garden or Allotment

Compost can act as a great fertilizer, enriching the soil with organic materials rather than making use of chemicals that can do more harm than good if used badly. It is best made in a compost bin and this article offers advice on building a compost bin

Improving Clay Soils

Clay soils are always a problem and some proven practical solutions are found in this article on improving clay soils.

Insect Spray Warnings And Alternatives

All of us want to protect ourselves from anything that will harm us, no matter how small it may be. Mosquitoes, bugs and other small insects that fly or creep around but is the use of a spray the best choice in view of safety concerns?

Organic Farming - An Overview of organic farming and organic food

Organic Farming is enjoying a resurgence and growth due to public concern over the quality of our food. In this article, the author examines the reasons for this concern and the benefits of organic food and organic farming.

A Guide to Raising Herbs From Seed Indoors

Some general guidance on growing herbs from seed indoors. Most popular herbs can be raised from seed sown indoors during early spring. A few, like peppermint, benefit from a long season of growth and can be sown earlier if conditions are suitable

A Guide to Raising Tomato Plants from Seed

Tomatoes, although technically short-lived perennials, are treated as annuals and raised from seed each year. Getting them off to a good start is the first step to a great crop.

Soil PH and Its Effect on Your Garden and Plants

Soil pH, its effect on your garden, how to determine it and how to change it. Soil pH (the level of acidity) is critical to your plants growth as it controls the nutrient uptake and availability.

Start Your Seeds Indoors For A Jump On Spring Planting Out

Starting your seeds off early indoors is a great way to get ahead of the season and to have plants ready to go as soon as the weather is right for them.

The Right Tools for the Job? - Mattocks and Azadas

There has been some talk about mattocks and azadas in UK gardening circles since this article originally appeared in the Smallholder and the Allotment and Leisure Gardener magazines in 1999.

Use Floating Row Covers (Horticultural Fleece) to Grow Better Cucumbers

Cucumbers can be a prolific crop but they are susceptable to disease and this article suggests a method of protection.

Coping with Drought Water Conservation

Gardening in areas where there is little rain or rationed water can be challenging and difficult. There are ways however to make the most of what water or rainfall you have available.

Compost Tea, a bacterial soil booster

Organic gardeners all know compost is fantastic stuff. But now, there's something even better and that's compost tea. If you start with a good compost you'll have a versatile elixir for all your garden needs. Find out more about compost tea in this article

Why You Should Be Gardening or Rent an Allotment

There are more reasons to-day than ever before why the owner of a small place should have his, or her, own vegetable garden. Allotments give this opportuntity to all in the UK