This Month in Your Garden – June
“What is one to say about June – the time of perfect young summer?” Gertrude...
“What is one to say about June – the time of perfect young summer?” Gertrude...
“A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except learning how to...
Once upon a thyme There is a certain satisfaction growing your own herbs. Be they...
No-stir risotto with radishes, asparagus and artichokes From Delicious Magazine. Serves 4 Ingredients 1 tbsp...
‘June brings tulips, lilies, roses, fills the children’s hands with posies…’– Sara Coleridge A warm...
Q. I know I need to use fertiliser on my lawn but when should I...
Organic matters A well prepared vegetable bed with lots of organic matter dug in is...
Broad bean spaghetti with Pecorino Use those fresh broad beans. Recipe from House & Garden. ...
‘Roses are red, violets are blue; But they don’t get around like the dandelions do.’...
After the frosts… Didn’t we have some cold weather and late frosts in May? Then...
Q. How can I be sure of getting the right balance of fertiliser, as in...
If in drought… There is nothing a lawn likes better in dry periods or drought...
Asparagus, egg and potato Caesar salad Ingredients 200g sourdough bread 50g grated Parmigiano Reggiano 2...
If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need. Cicero 106...
Beef and asparagus salad, honey dressing, radishes and cherry tomatoes This delicious summer dish is...
‘I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was...
Mow as you mean to go on May rolls into June and the mowing regime...
Q. We seem to get a lot of areas on the lawn that get shaved...
‘Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like...
Pan fried gnocchi with broccoli pesto and grilled veg Smoky, tasty, fast fresh veg with...