http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Lizzie+Westerley Gardening Lizzie Westerley Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=272395&ca=Gardening One of the gardening techniques that most confuses beginners, and more experienced gardeners, is Mulching. There is much discussion, muttering and head shaking over this process which has it's origins lost in the mists of time. So what is it? In a nutshell, mulching is putting a thick layer of mater... Gardening Lizzie Westerley Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=237458&ca=Gardening There are many birds, animals and insects which are a joy to the gardener both in their beauty and in the help they give us in the garden. But there are also many which are pests and which can ruin a beautiful garden. Life would be a a great deal simpler if we could just wave a magic wand and get ri... Gardening Lizzie Westerley Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=235031&ca=Gardening Spring is a time when you can often get caught out by an unexpected frost. We have had a couple of vicious frosts after relatively balmy days, and this can be lethal for plants that get caught and are unprotected too. How do you recognise the signs, and what can you do? If wilting leaves appear with... Gardening Lizzie Westerley Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=234379&ca=Gardening Spring is the time of year when we think about creating a vegetable garden, especially with all the emphasis on the damage that long transport distances do to the ecosystem, never mind the fact that we are eating vegetables that are not quite as fresh as they might be! When choosing the location for... Gardening Lizzie Westerley Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=233153&ca=Gardening Spring is the time of year when all garden magazines are full of the plans you should be making for the season to come, but very rarely do they cover one of the most basic of gardening techniques. Sowing seeds properly is crucial if you want to ensure a good crop of flowers and vegetables in your ga... Gardening Lizzie Westerley Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=228627&ca=Gardening The foundation of any garden, be it organic, container, square foot – whatever, is it’s soil but how many of us actually understand how these soils develop into the different types we have in our garden – mine is almost solid clay. It is my frequent mutter that you could take a spade of soil and du...