Recent articles by Penny Woodward
Flowers for late winter and spring colour
Alyssum is one of our favourite annual flower seeds to plant for late winter and spring colour.
Grow kiwi fruit and reap the benefits
Plant kiwi fruit vines in spring and reap the benefits for decades.
Modern heirloom tomatoes
Heirloom tomato seeds have many advantages especially as they are non-hybrid plants from which you can collect seeds and regrow plants that generally grow true to type.
Poppy planting time
Planting poppy seed takes a little care but when it blooms it's an absolute joy!
Growing in sandy soils
A few gardeners are blessed with deep, rich, textured, fertile soil. But what if you aren't? Penny Woodward has some ideas to help.
Garlic pests and diseases
Try these recipes to combat the main problems for homegrown garlic: fungal diseases rust and fusarium, and black aphid pests.
Garlic ain’t just garlic
Diversity in garlic cultivars will help cope with the effects of climate change, while new research bolsters garlic’s already strong health credentials, writes Penny Woodward.
Olive harvesting and preserving
Time to think about harvesting and preserving olives, writes Penny Woodward.