Seaweed is something we often treat as a bit of a nuisance, stepping carefully around it on the beach on our summer holidays. Yet this plant material can provide valuable nutrients and minerals to our ...

Summer is over and the clouds have closed in like a blizzard of rain. Now is the time to consider harvesting the last of your vegetables and to get your garden ready for winter. Many vegetables such ...

Here are some organic interventions for your garden especially something that coastal dwellers can take advantage of if, they are fully prepared to undertake the work involved: Seaweed It is excellent ...

David Elson says the seaweed tea he creates through soaking seaweed over the summer helps his garden grow strong. Potatoes, he said, have fewer blemishes. (Heidi Atter/CBC) A family in the coastal ...

Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost. Azaleas and camellias ...

Scroll down to win a Maxicrop bundle worth £55 IF you live by the sea, you’d think nothing of dragging back a bucket of bladder wrack from the beach to use as mulch on your garden. As alien as it may ...

Galveston and other Texas beaches have an abundance of seaweed right now. Are we missing the boat by not bringing it home? Two longtime home gardeners say yes. For decades, Doris Robinson joined her ...

Gardening is full of analogies, even at the most mundane level. Mulch, for example, can be likened to a blanket that tucks in the little flowers like they're children, giving them protection, comfort ...

When I think about seaweed, I think of Cape Cod, where Ralph and I lived for so many years. During our time in New England, we regularly drove out to Nauset Beach to fill the back of our ...

Ever wondered how seasoned gardeners get it so right when it comes to propagating and caring for their plants? Here’s a little look at some of the tricks of the trade. From protecting tender young ...