Recent articles by Penny Woodward
Autumn leaves
Love autumn colours but not so keen on the clean up? There's plenty to enjoy, and the leaves can be put to use in your garden!
Grow radishes all year round
Radishes can be grown pretty much all year round in most climates; they are an especially tasty option to plant when you start to pull out your summer vegetables.
Gardening tips to beat the heat
How you water matters during the hot months, so follow these easy to implement ideas and help your plants beat the heat.
Lettuces all year round
With the variety of lettuce plants available, you should never be without colourful, fresh leaves to add to your salads.
Fennel forever
Grow fabulous fennel with these expert tips – it has a wide range of uses in the kitchen. Plus, a recipe for fennel butter.
Grow: purple sage
This form of common sage is one of the group of ‘survival’ plants that never let our herb expert down.
How to grow plants from tip cuttings
Want to add to your plant collection without adding to the costs? Read on for the answer - and it's easy!
Protecting your plants from pests
Deploying a range of barriers and exclusion products will help protect your crops from marauding creatures.
Lovely leeks
Leeks are best planted in autumn and winter so they can then happily grow and provide you with tasty ingredients for soups and pies.
Heeling in bare-rooted trees
If you can't plant your bare-rooted trees straightaway, you can do what’s called ‘heeling in’. Plus, some basic planting tips.
Add to your patch: turmeric
Turmeric is easy to grow, and with its varied uses its worth adding to your vegie patch. The best bit? It can be grown root with one or two buds.
The best of basil
There's more than one basil for your kitchen garden. Why not branch out and try a few different kinds?