One of my favourite things about this time of year is the sound of bees buzzing around my garden; I love bees. Plus the fact that we need them to pollinate means they are essential for horticulture. However, there has been a sharp decline in bumblebees over the last 30 years. Although pesticides have a considerable role to play in the cause of the decline, one of the other major contributing factors is the lack of suitable habitat for bumblebees. This is mainly due to the cha

We work hard at our gardens all year round; pruning, striming, cleaning, tidying and washing from autumn through to spring. All with the hope that we might get some use out of our garden in those illustrious summer months. There is always hope that you can lie back and relax with a nice Pimm's on a hot summer’s day enjoying the fruits of your labour. However, the reality of being out in your garden in summer can be somewhat different from your expectations. Sadly, the reason

I expect you’ll have heard about our poly tunnel as we’ve mentioned it a few times now. One of the reasons we’re continually talking about it is because we’re so excited about it ! It’s been a lifelong ambition to be self-sufficient with fruit and vegetables and last year with a lot of hard work that ambition become a reality. Throughout the summer and autumn months, myself and Angela were able to eat fruit, vegetables and herbs solely grown from our poly tunnel. It really