Gardening Round-up: Time to sow & grow

Hello and welcome to the very first Gardening Round-up, where I will bring you lots of tips and tricks from various green fingered bloggers who will guide you and your garden through the year.

From a small window box to a country meadow, there will be something to suit all levels of gardener. I have a very large garden, which has been extremely neglected over the past couple of years (mainly due to pregnancy, babies and toddlers) but this year I shall attempt to get it in check.

For the very first Gardening Round-up I am delighted with the response, I can’t wait to put some of these suggestions to work.

Catherine over at Growing Family has some fabulous posts including Top Plants for Your Late Winter Garden, What To Plant Now For Your Summer Garden, What To Plant in February and if you are short of time The 10  minute Gardener: Spring Planner.

It’s not just the adults that enjoy gardening, check out Kate from Crafts on Sea post 8 Easy Plants to grow with kids, or Teddy Bears and Cardigans 7 Easy Ways to amuse a toddler in the garden, or Angela from The Inspiration Edit How to Grow Fresh Herbs with Kids, Nicola from Crafty Kids at Home tells us How To Get Kids Excited about Gardening and How To Make a Fairy Garden and Daisies and Pie shows us how to make a Herb Planter for Kids.

Medina over at Grillo Designs shows us how to make an Industrial Wall Planter, DIY Hypertufa Plant Pots, Cinder Block Planters and Indoor Herb Planter.

If you are looking for a new Lawnmower, check out Ginger Mum‘s G-Tech Cordless Lawnmower review. If you love the idea of a Vegetable patch, but lack the greenhouse to start the seeds in our unpredictable weather, Natalie over at Plutonium Sox has been testing out Rocket Gardens this sounds great and may already have been added to my birthday list!

Looking for inspiration, why not check out Organised Jo for her garden makeover part 1, and once you’ve had a look (no cheating) head over for Garden makeover part 2.

If you don’t know your Fuchsias from your Freesias, don’t fear as Teddy Bears and Cardigans teaches you How To Sow seeds for absolute beginners and Jenny from Midwife and Life who gives us 15 Cheap and Easy Garden Hacks. check out Lucy from The Parent Games Gardening tips for spring.

And there we have it, the first Gardening Round-up, I hope it’s given you all ideas for your gardens. If you have any posts you would like including in next’s months Round-up, you can tweet me @hexmumplus1 or email at hexmum@live.co.uk.