Helen Yemm

Feb 29, 2024 | theenglishgarden.co.uk | Helen Yemm

In a picture-postcard view of Parsonage Oasts, from the towpath on the opposite bank of the River Medway at Yalding, the four, square, cowl-topped ‘towers’ and the ruggedly defensive stone and brick walls, softened only by a magnificent overhanging specimen of Magnolia x soulangeana, can seem formidable.

Aug 9, 2023 | msn.com | Helen Yemm

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

Jul 26, 2023 | telegraph.co.uk | Helen Yemm

There are those – most of them probably non-gardeners – who hold us compost-makers responsible for rodent uprisings. I feel that this is somewhat unfair, but here are some rat facts for gardeners that I have gathered from personal experience (being an avid compost maker and sometime poultry keeper) of which we should be aware. Rats are unwelcome trespassers in our gardens, making their homes in sheds or greenhouses – or, indeed, in compost heaps.