How to Care for your Apple Trees in the UK
How to Care for Apple Trees Caring for apple trees involves regular watering, feeding, mulching, and pruning to maintain a healthy tree and encourage fruit production. Caring for New Apple...
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Do I need Plant Protection in my garden?
A perennial question for gardeners is whether to cover their precious vegetable or fruit garden. It's a decision that can significantly impact the health and yield of your crops and...
10 Tips for Sustainable Gardening
What is sustainable gardening - it is a combination of organic gardening methods which preserve natural resources and reduce waste where possible to reduce our impact on earth.
Garden Pests : How to prevent & treat Red Spider Mite
What are Red Spider Mites Red spider mite are so small (less than 1mm) they are almost invisible without a magnifying glass but they can wreak havoc in a greenhouse...
Pippa Greenwood: What to sow in June in your garden
June is here and both herbs and vegetables are really enjoying the fact that it is feeling like summer may be coming at last. This month I’m excited to be sowing...
April Edition: Grow your Christmas dinner
It may seem like a lifetime away and with summer approaching, the last thing you want to think about, but now is the time to start sowing seeds of certain...
December Garden Checklist: what to do in the garden in December
Gardening through winter can seem like a daunting prospect but any sunny days can be great opportunities to catch up on jobs in the garden. We have put together an...
Product Bite: Protect your fruit with Haxnicks Fruit Tree Nets
What are Fruit Tree Nets? The Haxnicks Fruit Tree Nets are a simple to use, chemical free way to protect your orchards fruits from pests. The nets are made from...
Pippa Greenwood gardening advice for August
Here is my gardening advice for August. At the moment my number one vegetable garden task is looking out for blight attacking my potatoes and tomatoes. Blight Blight is really hitting...
Pippa Greenwood Gardening advice for July
Welcome to my gardening advice for July. We are going to start with some good news. Warmer, drier weather will mean some good growing conditions but unfortunately (now the bad news)...
Pippa Greenwood: Haxnicks Tomato Growing tips for May
So here are my veg and tomato growing tips for May plus what to look out for in the greenhouse & garden If you’ve got a greenhouse then your tomato plants...
How to Protect Carrots from Carrot Fly
Carrot fly is a bug which lays their eggs in the soil around carrots. The adult carrot fly is approximately 9mm long. It is a slender, metallic, greenish-black fly with...