Experienced gardener Clarence Schmidt explains how to make compost and why it is so essential to successful gardening.

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This watermelon salad is ideal for hot summer nights. It’s a great way to use that honking big watermelon you bought.

Lettuce that suddenly shoots upward, stretches into a strange leafy tower, and produces a flower stalk has not failed. It has simply changed careers. Once lettuce bolts, the leaves often become ...

A garden can go from “nothing is ready yet” to “why are there 47 zucchini on the counter?” with astonishing speed. Overripe ...

The discounted outdoor boxes provide up to 320 litres of space for tools, toys, cushions and gardening equipment, with the ...

Charity shop owner Bart Murphy cut a frustrated figure as he opened up his thrift shop at Whitemill in Wexford town on Monday ...

If you want to give your local bees and butterflies the best chance, It's all about the flowers, people. Grow these key ...

Those sell-by dates are more a suggestion than a deadline.

While slugs in your garden may cause you grief because they're demolishing your lovely young seedlings and salad greens, they do have a purpose, and one you can use to your advantage. They have ...