plants

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

Spider mite damage webbing and mite illustration

How to build a deck or build your own decking

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

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

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

Water lily leaf showing damage from caterpillars of china mark moth who nibble the edges of the leaves and make folded floating ods from the leaves. Blue water background and inset detail of the caterpillar,

Rosemary beetles on rosemary showing metallic markings, cut to white

Hand picnhing out the growing tip of a busy lizzie plant to encourage lateral growth

Large grey or metal pot full of growing plants with red flowers and foliage making for a centre pice or point of focus in the garden

Leaves and bud and flower of a rose covered wuith powdery mildew and mould, and causing discolouration of the leaves

Garden with plastic sheet on the grass catching the bamboo cuttings which are being taken off the potted plants with secateurs. Dead leaves piled up and blue sky behind

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

Little rocket seedlings growing in a seedling tray in compost, ready to be thinned out or planted on