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Lifestyle: Gardening

All entries for Gardening

How to prepare your winter garden for a productive new year

Shirley Lanigan | 20 November 2009

Shirley Lanigan tells you what to do with rhubarbs, apples, pears, plums, raspberries, rocket, Jerusalem artichokes, Swiss chard, leeks, winter cabbage, spinach, purple sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and strawberries. Phew!... Read more

Jobs in the vegetable plot for early October

Shirley Lanigan | 08 October 2009

Shirley Lanigan advises gardeners that nature abhors a vacuum and there are useful jobs you can do in the garden at this time of year to maintain it — as well as plants that you can sow... Read more

Make your garden as nice as pie with a good apple tree

Shirley Lanigan | 25 September 2009

Shirley Lanigan bemoans the years she wasted trying to nurture a miserable, inherited apple tree and is now seeking a replacement. Here, she offers tips for choosing an apple tree and on how to store a glut of the fruit... Read more

A berry nice crop for the autumn

Shirley Lanigan | 09 September 2009

Shirley Lanigan writes that with a little ground preparation and care, autumn-fruiting raspberries are one of the easiest of all fruits to grow in your garden... Read more

Don’t veg out just yet...

Shirley Lanigan | 04 September 2009

Shirley Lanigan says that although the growing season is almost over, there are still a few vegetables that can succeed at this time of year. Neither is it time to let your garden turn wild and tatty, after all the... Read more

Thyme to plant your herbs

Shirley Lanigan | 21 August 2009

Shirley Lanigan says that growing herbs is one of the most popular forms of gardening, and even the amateur gardener can do quite well if they understand the basics of what each herb requires to flourish... Read more

Time to reap, time to sow

Shirley Lanigan | 06 July 2009

Shirley Lanigan writes that even though June might be the best month for harvesting in the vegetable garden, there is other work to be done to ensure that you have vegetables into the autumn and winter. By the time the... Read more

Weather is usually the best gardener

Shirley Lanigan | 15 June 2009

Shirley Lanigan writes that now is the time to really get busy in the vegetable garden and you will soon see the fruits of your labours... literally! Ornamental gardens are generally at their best at this time of year. This... Read more

It's still not too late to get planting

Shirley Lanigan | 02 June 2009

Shirley Lanigan says that now is the time to get planting beans, courgettes and pumpkins and offers some tips for getting the most out of these plants this year While many of the vegetables that we can grow outside are... Read more

Digging deep in these recessionary times

Shirley Lanigan | 18 May 2009

Shirley Lanigan says the rewards of growing your own vegetables are many. Even if it won't solve your financial problems, the satisfaction from growing your own vegetables, herbs or fruit is enormous. Will growing vegetables be the saving of the... Read more

After a long and cold winter, spring has finally sprung

Shirley Lanigan | 16 March 2009

Shirley Lanigan writes that this year we are enjoying a proper, old-fashioned spring after a lean and cold winterFor reasons too numerous to count, we really do deserve a glorious spring for 2009. And because it has been hard won... Read more

First shoots of spring are tough customers

Shirley Lanigan | 10 February 2009

Shirley Lanigan writes that the fragile-looking snowdrop will brighten up any winter garden and happily multiply to form a 'snowdrift' for future years. These are lean times in the garden. Waiting for spring to be sprung can be a bit... Read more

Creating a garden's structure with plants

Shirley Lanigan | 06 December 2008

Shirley Lanigan explains how you can use hedging to give structure and balance to a garden while also making the outdoor space a place that invites the visitor to sit, lie and loll. Gardens, in common with people, share a... Read more

Spare the plant, spoil the garden

Shirley Lanigan | 14 November 2008

Shirley Lanigan writes that sometimes, the old ways are the best when it comes to preparing for winter in the garden. Things change. When it comes to rearing children, our parents were told to put them to bed and let... Read more

Going out in a blaze of autumn colour

Shirley Lanigan | 19 September 2008

At the tail end of the second miserable summer in a row, we hope that we might be delivered into a glorious Indian summer or even a vaguely decent one, where we can have evening barbeques in green, scent-filled garden... Read more

Visit a few gardens to improve yours

Shirley Lanigan | 16 August 2008

Shirley Lanigan suggests that the budding gardener can learn a lot by visiting other gardens this summer - both the large show gardens and the smaller efforts made possible by dedication There are so many jobs we need to -... Read more

Making a modern herbaceous border

Shirley Lanigan | 15 July 2008

Shirley Lanigan offers advice on the best way to go about creating an herbaceous border and how to select the right plants to ensure an impressive display of colour — all through summer and even into autumn. In the last... Read more