Sunderland Echo - Gardening Feed

Tom tom club

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:23 GMT

I LOVE growing tomatoes –they’re the first plants I was given at the age of eight.

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:22:41 GMT

EVEN if you’re a cat lover, as I am, you can’t deny they can be a complete pest in the garden.

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:15 GMT

HARDY annuals are the mainstay of the cottage garden but it’s worth experimenting with them, whatever you grow.

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:53:56 GMT

YOU get the feeling nature’s trying to rush through spring to catch up – a bit like a late traveller jettisoning baggage to catch a train.

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:47:38 GMT

“A ROSE by any other name would smell as sweet,” Shakespeare said. Is it the same with tulips?

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:35:30 GMT

CONGRATULATIONs to the six winners of the new Indoor Plant & Flower Expert book competition.

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:24:51 GMT

NEXT week, the 100th Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show opens in London and it’s my first visit.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:25:36 GMT

WITHOUT doubt, the most vile job of the year is clearing out the pond.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:23:16 GMT

IS it a bird? Is it a plane?

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:19:08 GMT

IF you fancy a run-out at the weekend, I can recommend the Harrogate Spring Flower Show – I was there for the opening yesterday.