Oak trees – going, going, gone!
By Rosie Peddle 3″>features
Strictly get sowing! …for beautiful flower displays
by John Weedall features@algarveresident.com Yes, it’s strictly the latest time to start your terrace garden design for 2012 with your choice of plants representing the “Celebrities” in all their glory
Sudden death of pine trees in Algarve
by Martin Foy features@algarveresident.com
Living stones and absolute gems – part five
By: Stuart Merelie qm@portugalresident.com Stuart Merelie, owner of QM Crazy Golf, Garden and Leisure Centre, shares his passion for correct and sustainable landscaping in the Algarve and is The Resident’s
Stunning gardens without water – Part two
Stunning gardens without water – Part two: Radical lanscapes – the Agaves By: Stuart Merelie qm@portugalresident.com IF THERE is one plant which drastically shapes the landscape in the Algarve, Agave
True born survivors — Part four
By: Stuart Merelie qm@portugalresident.com THERE IS an old saying that says “Civilised man has marched across the face of the earth and left a desert in his footprints”. Today, worldwide,
Autumn’s here, so let’s get planting
By Paul McKay WINTER IS on the way. By the time you read this, the cooler nights and the autumn rain will have turned the summer vegetable plot into a
Diospyros to Gleditzia – Part Three
By STUART MERELIE I THINK I received one of the best gardening tips last week. Shall I share it with you? “The best way to garden in the Algarve is to
Cercis to Cydonia – Part two
By STUART MERELIE OTHER THAN being stuck in the office writing this article on a bank holiday, I think I am one of the luckier people living in the Algarve
Acacia to Catalpa – Part one
MY TIMING was lousy. Doubly so. Not only was I the only person of the 5,000 watchers in a rather large bar who didn’t speak German, but I had also