Richard Smith

The award winning product that is a new concept to growing, these individual balls are designed to keep pests at bay while growing from seed.      

          We have lots of other Seedball mixes that you can use, email us direct to make your order at info@garden-shopping.co.uk  3 tins available at £18.99 including delivery.   Also available are a Tea Mix / Salad Mix, edible range.

Why not give your garden a tidy up ready for the growing season with these handy storage solutions from Garden-shopping. If the sizes are not your liking then we can get them made to your sizes, just send us a message with your sizes, door location any shelving? and we will get a price back to you.  

Happy New Year – 2017. Start by planning your spring/summer vegetable garden.  Cold and foggy days are perfect for planning spring planting and jobs. On the beautiful sunny days of winter, go outside to do pruning, planting, and all the other gardening chores. The positive side of cold weather is that deciduous fruit trees get the chill hours needed to produce fruit. Unlike citrus, there’s no need to protect them on cold nights. Start thinking about composting old waste and tidying around the garden ready for spring. Looking for some... Read More

General tasks and garden maintenance Carry on digging over beds and borders and incorporate as much organic matter as you can. Forking over not only helps prepare the soil for next year, it helps reduce pests by exposing them to hungry birds. Protect pots and taps from frost by wrapping insulation around them. Bubble wrap is ideal and probably in plentiful supply if you are ordering Christmas presents over the internet! Clear paths of moss and lichen, treat timber with preservative, repair fences, check sheds and walls (but avoid any... Read More

In the vegetable garden. • Lift parsnips after the first frosts when their flavour will have sweetened. • Divide mature clumps of rhubarb once they are dormant. • Now is a great time to prepare a perennial vegetable bed which can be planted up with rhubarb crowns and asparagus crowns. • Prepare a bed for planting autumn garlic. Improve heavy soils with organic matter before planting. • Now is an ideal time to invest in mushroom kits. It’s surprisingly easy to grow your own mushrooms. • Place a scaffold plank... Read More

Prepare your soil for next year Your soil is your most precious commodity, so start digging in compost, manure and as much organic matter as you can lay your hands on to replace the goodness in it. The earlier you start the better, especially if your soil is heavy. It can be left in a pretty rough state over the winter when the elements will break the clods down, making spring planting infinitely easier! Watering Hardly an issue at the moment! However, do keep an eye on your pots and... Read More

Its getting to that time of year when you find creepy crawlies entering the house especially spiders.  The come in when they feel a slight drop in temperature not noticed by ourselves, especially at night.  If you are getting too many spiders in your home then we have the perfect product for you. Advanced Spider and Insect Repeller Great Spider repellent! Humanely and safely drive pests from your home without pesticides and chemicals using sonic and electromagnetic technology, banish spiders from multiple rooms in your house.  (Please note picture is... Read More

Schools are out and the weather is on the up, or at least for now.  Enjoy the garden and use to the max, tidy as you go and start to plan for next years bulbs and new editions in your planting stock.  Exploit any old flowers and replace with new stock also filling in any gaps there maybe in your beds and borders.  As in any space, storage is king and at garden-shopping we have the perfect solutions for you, we can build any item bespoke with your dimensions and... Read More

Enjoy your garden and the outdoors more by purchasing some garden furniture ready for the sunshine, we have picnic tables, benches outdoor planters etc, take a browse around the garden-shopping website for some ideas and inspiration, thanks and happy browsing. Garden-shopping team.