Joe's Diary

For some unbeknownst reason, people don’t seem to be the biggest fans of November gardening. We don’t know why exactly, but it could have something to do with the fact it’s perpetually night time (bar that hour and a half of daylight either side of midday), or that feeling your fingers are about to drop [read more]

  Does your stomach think all potato is mashed? Would humans fly if they could, or just think of it as exercise? Why do ‘fat chance’ and ‘slim chance’ mean the same thing? Are the Royal Family really lizards? What is the point of raking the leaves off your lawn?   These are the question [read more]

Do you know what makes a lawn so Mr. Fantastic; the colour. It’s peering out of your kitchen window with sleepy eyes and being greeted by a shag-pile carpet of lush emerald grass, little droplets of dew reflecting the mid-spring sun as they cling to the tips of every other blade. That’s what gardeners, homeowners [read more]

Before we get underway with this week’s advice, we should probably thank The Notorious B.I.G. for inspiring us with the title of this week’s blog, the soundtrack to this week’s gardening duties and, most importantly, for inspiring the content: Grass.   No matter how you look at it – from the kitchen window, stood on [read more]