Found in a hole in the large ash tree next to the front gate was this little fellow; not a mouse, but a vole. We seem to have a lot of voles in the Genus garden, or maybe it's one vole causing havoc to the roots of plants. There is one flower bed where the soil feels spongy from so many tunnels under the surface.
Plant out potatoes Whether you’ve just purchased your potato tubers or you’ve had them chitting away for several weeks, now is the time to get them outside and into the...
Alexandra Campbell’s journey into horticulture began long before she ever put pen to paper. Growing up as the daughter of a diplomat, moving home was a regular occurrence and she...
In recent years the ability of trees to ‘communicate’ with each other has been well documented. Researchers have discovered communication systems amongst trees and far from being passive organisms, it...
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