With an unusually dry spring followed by monsoons across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in June, global warming is changing the way our gardens grow.
Many plants in Britain are tolerant of widely fluctuating temperatures, strong winds and heavy rainfall, but inevitably some species will begin to suffer while others thrive. One style of gardening which is eminently [...]
Q: How do I discourage cats from using my garden as a litter box?
A: That is, how can you get cats to stop answering the call of nature in your particular corner of nature? This is a matter to which I have applied plenty of thought and experimentation.
It seems uncanny that a cat always finds [...]
I truly believe that good landscaping and gardening should be compatible with the area – both visually and environmentally. This season, the emphasis is on plants that appear at home in our mountain settings. On that note, we will again make fun of gerbera daisies.
We have a number of plants native to our area, such [...]
Blair Peters slips on her noise-canceling headphones, hoping to drown out the rattle of lawn mowers and leaf blowers up and down the street of her Northern California community. “We live in a neighborhood that has large wooded lots and appears peaceful and quiet, almost bucolic,” she says. “Then the gardeners arrive and start giving [...]
Keep an eye on your garlic. At some point as days get longer and the temperatures rise, you’ll notice that top growth stops and no new leaves appear. That is a sure sign that bulbing is occurring.
Stop feeding, remove any flowers that appear and continue to water regularly until the tops begin to dry (usually [...]
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