Too many courgettes? There are some really tasty ways to deal with the garden glutHere in the Genus vegetable garden, we have reached the season of the garden glut particularly...
The Chelsea show is now upon us. Fantastic.The other thing that gardener’s turn their attention to at this time of year as well, is the “Chelsea chop”. We’ll be out...
The snowdrops are out en masse in the Genus garden. Carpeting banks in the woodland garden they bring a little spot of liveliness into the otherwise bleakness of late winter....
It’s been chilly in the Genus garden this week, we think that autumn 2016 has probably arrived at last. The leaves have properly started to turn from green to their...
The Genus new edition gardening trousers come in three beautiful new colours. This is something that we have always wanted, and something that our customers have been asking us for....
The last few weeks have been such a very busy time for Genus, the big push for our trade stand at Hampton Court show, then running our Summer Sale as...
Well what an unusual month June has been this year. In many parts of the country gardeners have been dealing with wet and cold and un-summer like conditions. June 2016...
Well it looks like 2016 is going to be a great year for Genus. There are lots of exciting developments on the horizon. This week we have been busy visiting the ISPO...
Summer is definitely here. Even though this year has felt a little cooler than average (perhaps because of the weak El Niño we are experiencing at the moment) the temperature in...
It was such a lovely weekend here in the Cotswolds. Bright and crisply cold. The Genus garden received a little bit of tidying up attention. Whilst raking up the leaves I had...
I’ve just received a reminder about the clocks changing back to GMT. That will be the end of summer then! Not that you would know it. This year the Genus garden...
The last few days, it’s been raining a bit too much for there to be much gardening. However, the newly arrived chickens at the bottom of the Genus garden provide...
It was such a beautiful gardening weekend. The Genus garden is now really coming into life. After all the planting, weeding, hoeing, feeding and mulching it's sure to look good. Whilst we...
It’s been a weekend of seed sowing, potting-on, and mulching in my fruit and vegetable garden. Getting all this sorted, and listening to the Gardeners Question Time team at the Edible...
We’ve finally managed to harvest the parsnips. You need to wait until the leaves die down before lifting them, but that was in the middle of Christmas. When we finally had...
John Harrison bought a pair of Genus gardening trousers and took this photo of his old ones before throwing them away. He says: "I tend to kneel down when I'm...
It was interesting that Monty Don opened today's programme on the Great British Garden Revival with an explanation of how yellow rattle helps wildflower meadows to grow. It was only...
For some people, November means moustaches, but for us gardeners November means leaves. There are more than fifty trees in the Genus garden at Field Cottage. We have a spinney...
Gardening is an enjoyable activity that yields beautiful results, but did you know that gardening can also help secure your home? Here are some ideas for keeping your home safe...
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