A handy guide to the care of your olive trees and making the best possible oils.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Jan 22nd, 2012. 
Olive trees have so many uses! So look after the ones you have and plant new ones.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Jan 15th, 2012.
How to cut the costs of having a beautiful and productive Mediterranean garden
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Jan 4th, 2012.
Best wishes for interesting, inspiring, colourful, perfumed, healthy and productive gardens in 2012 from Spain’s best known gardening authors.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Jan 1st, 2012.
Phew how fast each gardening year goes round. Not just completing the round of annual repetitive jobs that keep a garden continuously flowering and productive but also completing the new projects decided on as New Year resolutions to improve the beauty of the garden while at the same time reducing its maintenance needs, and completing twelve months of writings to introduce and supplement our books. And of course we self published a new small but important book ‘Living Well from Our Mediterranean Garden during 2011.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Dec 10th, 2011.
Palm weevils or beetles have become a menace worldwide, especially in Mediterranean climate situations. This article explains the scale of the problem and what can be done.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Dec 4th, 2011.
By Clodagh and Dick Handscombe
Practical holistic gardeners and authors living in Spain for 25 years.
Close or carpet planting as a mulch
In May we posted an article about the importance of mulching. It can now be found in the ‘’’ archives. One of the mentioned effective ways of mulching was the close planting of plants so that their foliage touched and overlapped. This can also be referred to as carpet planting.
Read more on Close plantings are beneficial in Mediterranean Gardens…
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Nov 15th, 2011.
By Clodagh and Dick Handscombe
Practical holistic gardeners and authors living in Spain for 25 years.
The Long Tradition of Spanish & Mediterranean Patio Gardens
Patio gardens have been popular in Spain and other Mediterranean countries for two millennium and continue to be so today. For many persons living in the historic centres of towns and villages and in village style new urbanisations patio gardens are the only outdoor living space they have.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Nov 1st, 2011.
Spanish and other Mediterranean gardeners have much to do in October.
Filed under Gardening in Spain by on Oct 21st, 2011.
Our latest book about living well and healthily from our garden in Spain
Filed under Gardening in Spain, Our Gardening Books by on Sep 30th, 2011.