Andrew Steens

Autumn is traditionally the time for a clean-up in the garden. While in cooler climes this might refer to raking up piles of leaves and...

Following on from my recent column about shifting house and taking my plant collections with me, I thought it might be useful to write on...

The Christmas holiday season is almost upon us and although I’m relatively cynical about the whole event, I can’t help but get a little carried...

I’ve probably said this before, but one of my favourite things about gardening and plants is that the learning process never stops. There are just...

There is a saying in the gardening world that you should never go back to a garden that you created and have sold, as it...

Spring is officially upon us, and although it’s not my favourite season, being characterised by blustery conditions alternating between warm and freezing, it does herald...

One of my more recent garden arrivals is yacÕn (Smallanthus sonchifolius), a root vegetable from the daisy family, native to the Andes with crunchy, juicy...

Winter pruning is, unfortunately, one of the most neglected of tasks in the garden. It seems that many gardeners are just too apprehensive about getting...

One crop our garden is almost never without is the humble spud. Even in winter we have potatoes growing in large planter bags leaning up...

It looks likely that this will be a cold winter if autumn temperatures are anything to go by. Maybe not in terms of overall average...