Gardening in Spain

Gardening in Spain – March came in like a lamb, but!

Spanish weather is often full of good and bad surprises. Together with the different soils, plants, pests and diseases and gardening products gardening is always a challenge.  But a quartet of books is available to help you identify, understand, and overcome the challenges.

Spanish gardens under threat

Today Spanish gardens are under threat from a number of man made risks that were not there two decades ago. This article discusses the 10 main risks

Spanish gardens need more trees

Trees provide some of the best spring and summer flower displays in the garden, a privacy and security, pollution control and absorb carbon dioxide

Your garden might sell your Spanish home

The Spanish housing market is in the doldrums and anyone buying has plenty to consider at bargain prices - so use your garden to sell your house

SPANISH GARDENS – New Year Resolutions

With todays continuing tough economies there are some important New Year resolutions to consider to make the best of living in Spain. Clodagh and Dick Handscombe Gardeners, authors and broadcasters in Spain for twenty five years.

Christmas Best Wishes

Christmas greetings to gardeners from Spain

December tasks in your Spanish garden

What you need to do in your Spanish garden in December, whatever the weather may bring.

Don’t get bored with the Spanish sun

Don't get bored with the Spanish sun suggests twelve gardening related activities to stop one becoming bored with the, to some, oppressive Spanish climate

Growing Circles – A practical idea for self sufficiency in 2010

Describes a practical way for lonely infirm and or inexperienced friends and neighbors to join forces to become self sufficient by sharing effort, time, experience and in some cases land.

Living Very Well From our Spanish Garden 2

A two episode case history of how an expat couple have become very self sufficient from their Spanish garden. This is part 2