Recent articles by Penny Woodward

Grow your own lettuces

Forget about buying bagged lettuce says PENNY WOODWARD, have go at growing your own.

Bountiful bananas

Have you thought of growing bananas in your cool climate garden? asks PENNY WOODWARD.

French tarragon

With a delicious, mellow aniseed flavour, PENNY WOODWARD says French tarragon should be in everyone's garden.

Conserving moisture

Some tips from PENNY WOODWARD to keep your garden alive if you are away for a few days and during very hot weather.

Snail and slug protection

PENNY WOODWARD explains how to keep these slimy critters away.

Garlic, harvesting and curing

PENNY WOODWARD tells us when to harvest our garlic and how to cure and store it.

Sweet as

Boil the water, pick the corn, plunge into the boiling water and enjoy! says PENNY WOODWARD

A strange fish

Lizard tail, heartleaf and swamp pepper are other names for this intriguing edible plant, writes PENNY WOODWARD.

Get to know your garden critters

Do you know the pests you're dealing with asks PENNY WOODWARD

To prune or not to prune?

Opinion is divided on whether tomatoes benefit from pruning, writes Penny Woodward.

Suffer from hay fever?

As the hay fever season approaches, PENNY WOODWARD looks at how sufferers can keep gardening.