Sowing sweet peas
Now is the ideal time to sow sweet peas. They’re relatively easy and cheap to grow and there’s so much to choose from too.
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Discover the world of KinderGarden young plants
Perfect for getting a head start with your summer colour! For those keen gardeners out there who have a heated greenhouse or warm, light area indoors, KinderGarden Plants are due in store during the first week of February.
Plant Of The Month - February - Anemone Blanda
This diminutive Winter Windflower flowers in early spring, gradually self seeding to carpet large areas with its small daisy shaped flowers, lending an informal air. It looks wonderful in many situations, from woodland planting, to rockeries, or surrounding other spring flowering plants. Grow in well drained, humus rich soil, in sun or shade. Available in Blue, Pink and White.
Colin Randel offers free expert potato advice
Our popular Potato Weekend is back on February 13 and 14 with expert Colin Randel offering free advice on growing spuds.
Got questions about spuds but too afraid to ask?
At this time of year you should be thinking about starting to grow your own potatoes. If you’re new to the spud growing game and have lots of questions, but are too afraid to ask, then fear not, as we have your questions answered below:
Give your garden a spring cleaning – part 2
It is still a bit too early to be doing a lot of gardening, but there are lots of great spring cleaning jobs to be getting on with in the garden at the moment. Such as:
Give your garden a spring cleaning – part 1
With spring just around the corner one thing that should be done now is a good clean and tidy up.
Tips for creating a coastal garden
Being situated in Somerset means there’s plenty of sea breeze, sand and summer sunshine to be had on the coast. Great if you’re a tourist visiting the area or you’re simply going for a walk along the seafront and enjoying the view but for people with gardens close to the sea, it can be a bit of a challenge.
Our favourite potato varieties
When it comes to growing spuds there are so many different varieties to choose from. Here are six of our favourite varieties for growing:
Time for a bit of maintenance
Our expert plantsman Andrew gives his top tips on jobs to do in the garden and indoors this month.
Feed the birds…
At this time of year the birds who visit your garden will rely heavily on you to provide feed.