This Month in Your Garden – August
‘Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland,...
‘Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland,...
How to be a top dresser The near drought conditions look like being with us...
Q. My lawn looks really stressed from drought and the kids playing games on it....
Coming and sowing Cut and come again is easy with both succession sowing and choosing...
Barbecued courgettes with dill, goat’s cheese, mint and yoghurt A starter for 4 or as...
Top dressing for a tip-top lawn Historically, top dressing has been carried out as part...
Harvest and grow There should be plenty to harvest this month. Second early potatoes will...
Grilled chicken thighs with sweet potato wedges, courgettes and feta Ingredients 4 free-range skin-on chicken...
In summer, the song sings itself – William Carlos Williams Weather computer forecast models are...
The grass is greener where you water it – Neil Barringham The South and South...
Push and pull There’s plenty you can sow now if you have the space. Why...
Asparagus salad with Ricotta, watercress and lemon By Sybil Kapoor for House & Garden Ingredients...
‘Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it’. Russel Baker...
Cut-and-come-again August is a month for both harvesting and sowing on the vegetable plot. Crop...
Q. What is overseeding and when should it be done? A. Overseeding is the process...
Weed away, feed away. If it’s been raining in your area then you probably have...
Pork tenderloin with rhubarb, onion and tarragon A Danish style recipe by Trine Hahnemann for...
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” – William Shakespeare We British complain. It’s...
“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the...
Q. We have areas of dead grass in rings right next to the green grass....