Andrew Steens

This summer has been a good one for gardeners, with lots of heat and rain providing ideal conditions for growth.  However, I have to admit...

What a summer this has been! If global warming means day after day of hot, humid weather, interspersed with the occasional heavy downpour, then I’m...

Often times in the garden my goals and practises clash with Mother Nature. That is the challenge of being a gardener – to both work...

I’m not a betting man but, given the recent weather patterns, it’s looking like this might be a cold winter coming. After the relatively mild...

With the Christmas season over for another year, many families will be looking at their finances, which probably took a bit of a hammering. Not...

A newspaper article prompted some thinking the other day; it was about the ‘heat island’ effect that is experienced in cities due to the amount...

Like many people these days, although I’m not strictly organic, I prefer not to use chemical sprays in my garden, particularly on any plants that...

Spring is a busy time in the garden, with pretty much every veggie crop able to be sown or planted out now. One trap many...

At this time of year, the occasional burst of sunshine is enough to create a general rush to garden centres to buy fruit trees and...

Finally, winter is almost over. I know some people like winter, but I’m definitely not one of them. August is the toughest winter month for...