Herbs
Often overlooked as being purely for culinary purposes, most herbs are a pleasure to behold with many having beautiful delicate flowers in season, and with scents that bring magic to a garden throughout the year. Some varieties are even used
Every Gardener's Paradise
Often overlooked as being purely for culinary purposes, most herbs are a pleasure to behold with many having beautiful delicate flowers in season, and with scents that bring magic to a garden throughout the year. Some varieties are even used
If you haven’t already got a compost bin now is a great time to make one! With just a few wooden pallets and some wooden stakes you can have a new one built in an hour with these 5 simple
Although we have now launched our first newsletter of 2016 there’s still a lot left for us to get ready including our website and we hope to open up the Nursery again in April. If you are interested in getting
As well as our fantastic new newsletter we’ve launched a new replica rolex yacht-master Busy Baskets Facebook page so be sure to give us a like for the latest news and offers from the team! Unfortunately we did not inherit Susie’s
Did you know 2016 is the year of the Cosmos? Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, has chosen 2016 as the Year of the Cosmos, and rightly so! This amazing half-hardy annual produces flowers in abundance atop the
As we are still getting cold nights and frosty mornings don’t forget to continue putting out food and water for the wild birds – check daily and clean feeders regularly. Make sure that your bird nest-boxes are all put in place ready
Due to the mild weather many of us have continued mowing throughout the winter as the grass has continued growing, but caring for your lawn properly in the winter will ensure that come spring time, it flourishes once more. Here
On those days when you can get outdoors, finish off clearing away last year’s spent plants, weed through and mulch with garden compost or well-rotted manure so your garden is fit and ready the moment the growing year starts. Dig
Give garden tools some TLC so that they are ready to go as you need them. Your tools work hard for you all year – and they’ll continue to do so if you spend time now to return them to
Planning you garden is a great activity for those days when the weather is just too bad to venture outdoors. Tuck yourself up by the fire and sketch out your ideas for areas of the garden you’d like to change. Then