It is Easter Saturday as I write this column, (I normally always write them on a Saturday morning each week) and for the last 3 days I have not watered any of my gardens or container plants – including those in my glasshouse. This is not because we have had lots of rain, in fact […]
Stress in plants is very similar to stress in people. When we are under stress our immune systems are weakened and we are more likely to catch colds and have other health issues. Stress in humans comes with side effects, such as being unable to get a good night’s sleep; rushed meals or fast foods […]
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The importance of earthworms in our garden soils cannot be unstated. They are a quick and visual guide to how healthy your garden soils are, lots of earthworms in a square foot of soil is the goal to having healthy plants. Few or no earthworms in your gardens indicates a big problem and a continuing […]
Everywhere you turn, we encounter messages of environmental responsibility and sustainability. The wave of environmental awareness and all things ‘Green’ continues to gather pace. Hybrid cars, environmentally safe exteriors and interiors for our homes, food and yes, even our gardens. So what is "eco-friendly gardening" all about anyway? It’s all about gardening in as natural […]
Sulphur is a basic element of nature and is one of the most abundant elements in the earth’s crust. Like nitrogen, sulphur is an essential component in the growth of all living things. Sulfur or sulphur (American spelling and English spelling) is the chemical element that has the symbol S and atomic number 16. It […]
We all like to have nice gardens with healthy plants and the only way to ensure this state is to have a healthy soil-food-web. That means a soil that is teeming with microbes, beneficial fungi along with many soil creatures including big populations of earthworms. The easiest way to determine that you have good healthy […]
A question that I am often asked is about the need to sterilise soil in areas where a crop is grown each year, such as tomatoes or potatoes. The reason that a number of gardeners wish to sterilise the soil in a given area is because they believe that the process will clean up pathogens […]
