Kitchen Garden Calendar – March

Kitchen Garden Calendar – March

March is the month when things really start to move in the growing season. In fact the start of the year used to be Lady Day, The Feast of the Annunciation, 25th March until 1752 in Britain when we adopted the Gregorian calendar and started our year on the 1st...
Plant of the Month – March 2019

Plant of the Month – March 2019

Again Mr Dummett couldn’t decide between the two, so we are giving you both options… Chaenomeles (Ornamental Quince) and Forsythia Chaenomeles is a hardy growing deciduous shrub which produces masses of large saucer shaped orange-red, pink or white flowers...
March’s Gardening Calendar

March’s Gardening Calendar

Spring usually arrives by mid-March and the frequent sunny days provide the opportunity for an increasing range of gardening tasks. It’s time to get busy preparing seed beds, sowing seed, cutting back winter shrubs and generally tidying up around the garden. Protect...