gardening

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

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

Spider mite damage webbing and mite illustration

White rose showing damage grom the garden pest thrip which leads to discolouration, browning, and a sick lookin plant, insect inset

Cut through of a wormery or worm compost bin showing fresh organic matter at the top and lvwer down a rich looking compost full of healthy worm, all in one handy bucket with a tap for drianing off the super nutrient rich compost juice

Step by step stages showing how to remove a plant safely and plant it into a larger pot where it can flourish, seven steps

How to safely remove a branch, two steps showing the cuts involved

How to build a brick wall, showing how to dig, place foundations, mortar the bricks to the wall and ensure your wall ends up level

Eight steps showing how to build a compost bin from planks

Six steps showing how to ready the ground, dig your pond, line your pond, and successfully fill your pond with water

Chart showing how deep to plant different spring bulbs along with illustrations of the flower each bulb produces

Three different sets of crops to grow on the same site which ensures the variety of vegetables grown won’t suffer pest damage which they could do if planted repeatedly on the same site. Vegetables shown include peas beans chicory and onions, sprouts cauliflower cabbage and broccoli, and celery carrots turnips potato and beetroot

Diagram showing how a cross support in a flower can can be used to keep a vertical support upright and so help keep the plant upright

Diagram showing how to dig up clumping perennials such as hosta and divide them with the blade of a spade before returning them to the soil

Diagram showing how to do double digging of a flower bed or vegetable plot

Illustrations showing how to use a hoe to searth up or pile soil around a newly planted plant

Stages involved in building erecting or putting up a greenhouse from establishing the foundations to building the frame to fitting the glass panels or panes

How to erect a polytunnel in six stages including how to put up the metal hoops, how to secure and attach the polythene covering, how to secure the bottom edges of the polythene, and how to build in an entrance way or door

How to build a deck or build your own decking

How to grow figs or propegate figs from an established plant by taking cuttings and potting them up

Red spider mite Tetranychus urticae cut to white pen and ink with colour wash sketch, plant behind with typical webbing and spider mite damage

Aphid on rose showing damage done to youg leaves and an aphid in side view, cut to white

Half a barrel adapted to be a pond with water and flowering pond plants in including arrowroot, flowering rush, and spearwort

stem of a rose with the effects of canker being lesion, discolouration, yellowing and weakening of the plant