With beans and salads cleared, there remains plenty of growing time for a second crop. Seasoned gardeners will have raised plants of basil, cabbage family crops including savoys and calabrese, leeks ...

Jace Tunnell says sargassum seaweed is like a floating rainforest. It's home to sargassum crabs, shrimp, fish, and countless other tiny organisms. You can also use it as mulch in your garden ...

Seaweed diversity and biomass are declining in many regions around the world, says Jason Hall-Spencer, professor of marine biology at Plymouth university. His recent study with colleagues in China ...

If ever there was a flower that symbolises the fleeting, bittersweet beauty of the garden in summer, then it’s surely the ...

Mulch helps retain moisture ... Liquid fertilisers are preferable, like seaweed, but I don’t use it in the summer. It’s not as if it makes them grow, so we preferably start fertilising ...

The ‘dog-vomit’ type you may have seen in your vegetable garden is called 'Fuligo septica' and is typically yellow or orange in color. It can have a variety of shapes and textures, with some people ...

Mulch baby mulch for a trifecta of benefits ... mixed with compost along with seaweed extract. Compost is not a fertilizer. Compost improves the soil so that over time it is more fertile, but ...

A teacher reflects on his return to San Jacinto, Masbate, showing how a new perspective on familiar places can inspire ...

Roses in our climate are prone to foliage and fungal infections such as black spot and mildew. Wet foliage encourages the ...

Where it has not been possible to manure or mulch, add fertiliser before sowing ... consider adding fertiliser – seaweed fertiliser is good and appears to be sustainable. Lack of nutrients ...