Tag: Guide
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Your flowers may be fading, but their story isn’t over—it’s just getting started! Harvesting flower seeds is like bottling a bit of summer for next year. Whether you’re after cost savings, plant resilience, or just more blooms to love, seed-saving is a fun and empowering end-of-season ritual. Let’s walk outside and collect some of the flower…
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Released Platforms March 25, 2025 PC, Macintosh, iPhone, Android, Xbox One, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 Developer Publisher The Garden Game Roblox Corporation In Grow a Garden, you’ll put your green fingers to the test and get to work on creating a bountiful, and more importantly, profitable garden. Buy seeds…
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The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in July 2024. Until 2016, Pritpal Singh’s family in Chandigarh had been cultivating wheat and paddy for 50 years. “The culture of monocropping is prevalent in Punjab and Haryana, where most families grow paddy and wheat throughout both Kharif and Rabi seasons. Sticking to specific crops…
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READY TO GROW: With a little preparation you could be growing all winter long (Image: Getty) Winterising your greenhouse is one of the most important steps you can take to help your plants survive the cold months ahead. A well-prepared greenhouse holds heat more effectively, protects plants from frost damage, and prevents expensive problems like…
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Realise the potential of your nature strip! It need not just be a stripe of green like all the others in your street. It’s a garden waiting to happen. Turning your verge into a bed extends your garden so you can have more of your favourite plants on display and share them with your neighbours.…
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A lot of people assume that learning how to design a minimalist garden means stripping your outdoor space of warmth or character, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Minimalist garden ideas are, essentially, a series of intentional choices: favouring clean lines, a restrained palette, and simple, thoughtful planting is the secret to creating…
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Admit it: we say ‘dead hedge’, you think ‘gardening mishap’ – but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, if you’re trying to find a beautifully rustic garden fence idea for your garden, the humble dead hedge could be the perfect fit. Perfect for those smaller spaces where even the very best hedging…
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Fears of coronavirus-induced shortages have sparked a desire to grow our own food, but getting hold of supplies isn’t easy when popping to the garden centre is out of the question. Here’s how to overcome some of the common obstacles to harvesting your first crop. You haven’t got a clue Being on hand at home…
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Raven has recommended her favourite vegetables, for outdoor gardens Lettuce and rocket “Quick crops such as mizuna, any of the mustards, and salad rocket, which can be added to the quick-growing, cut-and-come-again lettuces, such as ‘Black Seeded Simpson’, ‘Merveille de Quatre Saisons’, and the oak-leaf ‘Solix’ or ‘Green Salad Bowl’. American/Land Cress is super speedy too.” Herbs “To give all…
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Every week, Telegraph gardening expert Helen Yemm gives tips and advice on all your gardening problems whether at home or on the allotment. If you have a question, see below for how to contact her. Back to Basics – get to know your weeds Weeds are personal. They are, basically, any plants, be they intentionally…