Tag: Ruth Hayes

How to get more tomatoes from unwanted shoots

Feeling the pinch? Use it to make more plants Every summer I spend hours searching for, and pinching out, tomato sideshoots that grow between the...

Try growing some exotic flavours

Shop-bought ginger and lemongrass roots well If you like to use a lot of herbs when cooking, it is amazing what you can grow to...

How to remove weeds from a perennial

Ruth ‘cleanses’ a weed-infested dwarf red hot poker While we all set time aside for the ‘big’ gardening tasks such as planting, pruning, mowing and...

How to grow canna lilies and dahlias

These glossy gaudy heroes will bring colour until the autumn Dahlias and canna lilies give us some of the most spectacular and long-lasting colour that...

How to find bargain items for your garden

Market stalls and car boot sales can hold many treasures We have been looking for an evergreen scented honeysuckle to scramble up a bare trellis...

How to get more raspberry canes for free!

Rogue shoots can be potted up to replace dead and dying plants We are having a bit of an issue with our raspberries, in that...