Discover The Lost World

Fancy a trip to the land which inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous book The Lost World?   The Guiana Highlands is a remote part of the world predominantly in Venezuela but stretching into Brazil and Guyana as well. It is an area of rainforest and savannah...

Great historical hybridisers

 If you’re looking for a new book to read, or desperate to find a gift for your garden loving friend, then take a look at these beauties!   The Ingenious Mr Fairchild by Michael Leapman In the early 1700s the scientific world was coming to grips with the...

Molasses is your friend

So why befriend molasses?  Because your plants will love you for it!   Many years ago I came across a DIY recipe for controlling caterpillars. It was organic, called for few ingredients and was simple to make.  It seemed too good to be true.    At the time my tomatoes...