With the warmer weather slowly creeping up on us as the days become longer, before you know it will be time to pick up your trowel and get into the garden. Gardening equipment can sometimes be costly, ...

If you’re one of the many Irish gardeners who has joined the country’s merry band of polytunnel owners in recent months (see last week’s column), then you’re probably carefully debating your next ...

Growing vegetable crops in wooden raised beds in the spring season in a personal farm. Gardener's gloved hands plant a sprout in the ground with garden shovel in early spring. Starting seedlings ...

Starting your own plants from seeds can save a lot of money and give you way more choice than you’ll find at plant-buying time... even in the biggest garden centers. When you start your own seeds ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Although the practice of making solid blocks of soil for growing seeds isn’t new (it may go back over 2000 years), soil blocking has gained popularity ...