garden tips

Making a gravel path shown in three steps, setting out the edging boards, laying and tamping down the gravel, foundation, and raking the top gravel to create a perfect gravel path

Mixing tiny seeds in with some sand so you don’t lose the seeds and can see where you have sowed or broadcast them on the soil

How to dig up and safely move then replant a large shrub

How to dig up and safely move then replant a large shrub

Planting a climbing plant or vine in a container and providing it with support for growth

Planting a fruit tree and providing it with suitable support

Steps involved in establishing and planting up a hanging basket including how to allow plants to grow out sideways and how to re plant flowers in the new basket

Planting a shrub in a border making sure the hole is large enough for the roots and that the shrub is planted level, back filling the soil and the hole, and watering in

Different shapes you can trim your hedge into including boxy, sloped, and rounded

Example of a fruit tree grown into a bush pattern, in this case an apple

How to layer bulbs of different sizes which grow at different depths in a pot

Example of a fruit tree grown into a fan pattern

Steps showing how to level the ground, set up the foundations, make a screed, and how to lay a smooth concrete path

Example of a fruit tree grown into a standard pattern

Steps involved in laying paving slabs or stones and keeping them level and flat and removing the mortar from between the slabs

Chart showing the estimated eventual full grown height of trees with different sized root stock in cases of fruit tree, presented as an illustrated chart with the original size of the root stock and the final probable size shown in paler form

Laying turf showing how to prepare the ground, roll out the turf, and trim the grass to shape

Example of a fruit tree grown into a dwarf pyramid pattern

Example of a fruit tree grown into a step over or low espalier type or pattern

Examples of four different patterns of fruit tree trained growth type including espalier, step over espalier, dwarf pyramid, and a small standard. Apple trees.

Six different ways to design one garden showing how much variety you can find

Garlic plait showing how the dired out leaves of each garlic plant can be pliated together to hold the bubs in a neat bundle, ready for use in the kitchen or for drying

Garlic being plaited together for storage and drying, illustration showing the way to include more bulbs to make a big clutch of garlic bulbs

Basic overview of the different shapes and styles of greenhouse available