May is a colourful and also busy month in Spanish and other Mediiterannean gardens. This article looks at some of the key issues.

Reducing garden watering needs is becoming vital. Why and how to do so is discussed in this to the pint article by Mediterranean gardening authors Clodagh and Dick Handscombe.

Some ideas for spring Mediterranean Gardens and how to make money with donkey manure worth 1000 euros a kilo.

Issues affecting Spanish planting strategies

Deciding what to plant in a Spanish garden is more complicated than in Northern Europe for a number of reasons.

Firstly the wide variations of quality and depths of soils.

Read more on Spanish planting strategies…

By Clodagh and Dick Handscombe

Holistic gardeners authors and gardening coaches living in Spain for 25 years

March can be a challenge

For many February was a difficult gardening month. Nights were mainly cold, with frosts well below zero in many gardens even less than a kilometre from the coast and many exotic plants were blackened. Night time winds caused air frosts even when thermometers showed above zero so plants in high up on apartment terraces had leaves burnt.Fruit trees suffered also. Avocados in Andalusia and citrus and stone fruits further north.

Read more on Spanish gardens in March…

Sell with garden improvements in tough markets

A handy guide to the care of your olive trees and making the best possible oils.

Olive trees have so many uses! So look after the ones you have and plant new ones.

How to cut the costs of having a beautiful and productive Mediterranean garden

Best wishes for interesting, inspiring, colourful, perfumed, healthy and productive gardens in 2012 from Spain’s best known gardening authors.