Gardeners have been told to protect their brassicas this month from pigeons, who will often feed on the leaves of the plants ...

A cloche is also extremely useful for covering patches of self-sown seedlings previous to harvesting them for growing on. Hellebores are some of the first seedlings to appear, an early crop will ...

Ideally, the best time to sow broad bean seeds depends on climate but it's usually advised to wait until the milder spring ...

Sowing seeds, feeding, mulching and pruning are high on the agenda in February – it's a prime time to prepare the garden for ...

Spring may seem the natural choice for kickstarting projects, but there are plenty of satisfying ideas you can prep ahead of time with these plants to plant in winter ...

No sooner do the leaves on Britain’s trees turn from tired green to a multitude of reds and oranges, than winds blow the branches bare. In some exposed places it happened almost overnight; in more ...

If you want to stop squirrels from digging up bulbs, I have found that using spiky or thorny cuttings helps to deter them. In ...

Somewhere between a large cloche and a small greenhouse, coldframes are protective enclosures which provide invaluable protection for seeds, cuttings and tender plants, especially during cold months.

“Failing to protect your most tender of plants and bulbs will mean losing them to frost damage," he warns, and suggests using horticultural fleeces or cloches to do so ... your garden may also need ...

Plants droop and shed their leaves when parched, but with a splash of water, their stems regain strength and their leaves ...