Andrew Steens

I find gardening, particularly weeding, a good time to ponder life’s more abstract issues. One I’ve been considering lately is the legacy of a gardener....

This time of year sees me in a bit of a frenzy. The warming weather of spring and the traditional start of the growing season...

The warming weather of spring brings with it an increasing invasion of pests in the garden. Many pests, for example aphids, cause minimal damage for...

In the darkest depths of winter there is nowhere in the garden that I’d rather be than cooped up snugly in my greenhouse. It can...

The onset of autumn heralds the flowering of many orchids; glorious flowers that last for weeks, bringing delightful colour points to the garden. Although I’m...

Easter Sunday morning saw me out in the garden with a lit candle. However, it was not a celebration of the heavenly occasion, but something...

Red and green are the traditional colours of Christmas, a tradition that may actually date back to the pre-Christian Roman festival of Saturnalia, when wreaths...

November is the traditional time for that standby of the ornamental garden, the rose, to be at its best. I would have to say that...

This may well be the wettest spring I can recall, however, I do have a solution. It is well known amongst garden writers that they...

Avocados have been in the news a fair bit lately; a record high fruit price, thieves raiding orchards and more information about just how good...