Amateur Gardening (UK)

2 days ago | amateurgardening.com | Amy Eames

Whether you’re creating a peaceful workspace, a relaxing garden retreat, or need some stylish extra space, Tuin Log Cabins has the perfect solution. About Tuin Log Cabins: Tuin Log Cabins is a leading provider of premium wooden garden buildings, including log cabins, sheds, gazebos, pergolas, and summerhouses. With 16 years in the business and a team boasting over 50 years of combined experience, Tuin Log Cabins offers top-quality products with a 10-year guarantee on all wood structures.

3 days ago | amateurgardening.com | Amy Eames

The next four weeks can be the riskiest time of the year, with a strong likelihood of sudden really hard frosts, often during a period of beautiful sunny weather. Even hardy plants as tough as stinging nettles can be burnt as new growth is still so young and tender. Our garden plants may suffer more and particularly vulnerable are the blossoms of fruit trees and bushes, newly emerged seedlings and young shoots, especially asparagus. If we don’t take a few simple measures a whole crop may be lost.

6 days ago | amateurgardening.com | Amy Eames

‘In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours’ – Mark Twain (1876)So much has been said and written about spring and this will, no doubt, continue to be the case. We gardeners are poised, boots placed firmly in the starting blocks, all ready for the perky pistol to fire signalling the start of a great new season.

1 week ago | amateurgardening.com | Amy Eames

It’s mine, all mine, all mine!’ was the happy thought running through my mind as the tractor-trailer tipped out its cargo of compost. Tired of the high delivery costs and ordering small amounts of ‘black gold’, I’d decided to go large, and buy a full 16-tonne mega-load of the stuff. And here it was in all its steaming glory, but as the compost tumbled from the trailer and its shadow began to resemble the brooding outline of K2, a new thought crossed my mind…I was going to have to move this stuff.

1 week ago | amateurgardening.com | Amy Eames

The days are getting longer, the birds are getting louder, and garden centres are about to explode with colour – it can only mean one thing: spring is upon us!If your borders are looking a little worse for wear after winter, now is the time to start planning ahead. The best plants for long-lasting, low-maintenance blooms will be arriving in garden centres before you know it.