Tag: Ruth Hayes

How to garden environmentally friendly

How natural methods create a healthy, affordable garden I was in the garden centre the other day and the shelves of weedkillers and pesticides caught...

How to mend a raised garden bed

What to do when running repairs run out of steam For the past few months we’ve been carrying out a series of running repairs on...

How to sow tender veggies

It’s time to shine for beans and tomatoes, says Ruth The sowing season is well underway and we are now at the stage when it’s...

How to improve your soil with what you already have

Using what you’ve got to improve poor soil We have a problem border in our front garden that is a constant source of disappointment. When we...

How to repot a failing agapanthus

New compost should stimulate a wealth of flowers in summer One of my favourite plants are agapanthus, those noble South African natives that thrive so...

Producing a pot of seedlings from a single tomato

A single tomato produced a whole pot of seedlings A few months ago I found a very squishy homegrown ‘Tigerella’ tomato in a drawer, where...