Independent gardening advice for real gardens, balconies and windowsills.
Practical advice on growing food and flowers, improving soil, and making the most of small spaces. Start anywhere — the garden will meet you.
JANUARY. Average Temperature 37. In frosty weather wheel manure on to ground. See that every plant which is not quite hardy is well protected from frost. Shake off any snow which may be lying on the b...
How to make them--Relation of box to residence they are intended to adorn--Suitable soil--Window plants for different aspects. Where gardens are small, one seems to need window boxes more than where t...
Artificial manures--Labelling--Cutting off dead flowers--Buying plants--Tidiness in the garden, etc. With far the larger half of our population =the question of cost= comes into everything. There are...
Some good plants for growing beneath them--Selection of hardy shrubs--Enriching the soil--Climbers. Forest-trees in a small garden are somewhat out of place, but as they are often found in such positi...
Spades and the Bishop--Weeding without back-ache--The indispensable thermometer--Well-made tools a necessity--Summer-houses and their adornment. Though it is true enough that the best workmen need lit...
A few hints on its construction--Aspect and soil--A list of Alpines--Other suitable plants. A well-constructed rockery filled with a good selection of Alpine plants is a =never-failing delight= to any...
By dividing--By cuttings--By seeds--By layers. =Propagation may be affected in various ways=, of which division is perhaps the easiest. It must be done very carefully, or decay will set in. Some plant...
Fruit--The best kinds for a small garden--Avoidance of size minus flavour--Vegetables--Herbs. If a small garden has room for any fruit-trees, =apples are the most useful= kind to grow; they can be so...
Best kinds for "roughing" it--Importance of cleanliness--The proper way of watering them. The majority of English women like to see their rooms, and specially their drawing-rooms, adorned with =growin...
Planting--Watering--"Puddling"--Aspect--Shelter--Youth and age in relation to plants--Catalogue defects--A time for everything. Now that we have seen what to plant, it will be advisable to learn =how...
What to go in for, and what to avoid--Brick walls--Trees, their advantages and disadvantages, etc. It is imperative that =a small garden=, such as one generally finds attached to suburban or small hou...
Mistakes in staging--Some suitable climbers--Economical heating--Aspect, shading, etc.--The storing of plants--No waste space--Frames. =A well-kept conservatory= adds much to the charm of a drawing-ro...