Monthly Archives: March 2012

To follow on from my last post about efficient use of water in pots I wanted to give you a glimpse of the way I decide where to position which plants during the summer. These are just my opinions, based on a lot of trial and error (and in this space I can't provide a comprehensive guide) but they may be useful to those of you who are wondering how they are going to keep your potted plants happy in a difficult year.

My apologies for the length of this post, but I wanted to tackle this topic thoroughly...
Now that hosepipe bans are certain for many areas of the country from next month I can see that panic about terracotta pots may spread. I am tired of reading articles which baldly state that terracotta dries out much more [...]

I would like to introduce you to two of the mainstays of the pottery, if you collect Whichford pots you are quite likely to own one made by either of them - just look for a maker's mark at the base of the pot - one is represented by a fish, the other by some rune-like squiggles (crotchet rests?).