Alys Fowler: The secrets to success in the shade, and combating carrot fly | Gardening

If your plot is shrouded in shade, don’t despair – all manner of tough plants will thrive there, even some fruit crops. Plus how to beat carrot fly Two years ago, I started a tiny street garden with friends. It’s a trim spot between the shade of two lime trees

Gardens: The outlook’s boggy

A wet patch in your garden can play host to all kinds of gorgeous damp-loving plants I once visited a garden where a single clump of the giant bog plant Gunnera manicata was growing. It looked like rhubarb on acid, dwarfing its cottage garden neighbours. Gunnera reaches 2.5m tall and wide in a season, dying back?to?the ground in winter

A Zigzag Road: My camellias and Monty's roots

At the time Monty was writing for The Observer, garden makeover shows like Ground Force were all the rage. Monty was pretty scathing about those, and quite a few other things.

Raised garden beds or tilled ground?

Question by madcap: Raised garden beds or tilled ground? I’m new to gardening and I will be creating a vegetable garden this summer. I want to know which is better, raised beds or simply tilling the ground? And by better I mean gives me the most space for growing healthy plants and keeping pests out. [...]

i am trying to grow vegetables but i’ve been lazy and instead of digging the ground i’ve ..?

Question by blooming and flying: i am trying to grow vegetables but i’ve been lazy and instead of digging the ground i’ve ..? just dumped a few bags of organic seedling soil onto an existing garden bed that had mulch on top (about a year old). that the mulch was not organic and at worst [...]