Hi there, it’s Alexandra from the Middle- sized Garden YouTube channel and blog and today I’m tagging along with garden designer Jane Beedle (@janebbakes) to find out how she does her winter window boxes. Jane was a Great British Bake Off finalist and all that creativity that she used creating cakes during the series also…
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Winter gardening – what NOT to do with Erin & Alexandra
Hi there it’s Alexandra from the Middle-sized Garden YouTube channel and blog and I’m talking about winter gardening chores that you either don’t have to do or you actually shouldn’t do and I’m doing this in coordination with Erin from The Impatient Gardener in the United States she gardens in Wisconsin and she’s doing a…
Dahlias in winter! The pros and cons of digging them up…
Hi there it’s Alexandra from the Middle sized Garden YouTube channel and blog and unusually for me I’m about to dig up my dahlias. My video on ‘don’t dig up your dahlias’ has been very popular and I’ve had a lot of comments and questions over the years so I thought it would be helpful…
November garden tour – small garden trees in the Middlesized Garden
Hi there, it’s Alexandra from the Middle- sized Garden YouTube channel and blog and it’s the November garden tour and the November garden, I think is really all about the trees. The Middle-sized Garden is a town garden – and it is middle- sized – it’s a hundred feet long and 80 feet wide in…
7 garden design ideas from beautiful private gardens
Hhi there, it’s Alexandra from the Middle-sized Garden YouTube channel and I’ve got some garden ideas from for private gardens which are never opened to the public. These four ardens are in Australia but before you think ‘that’s got nothing to do with me I live in Northern Europe or Britain or the northern America’…
Easy tips for sustainable gardening…
Would you like your garden to be more sustainable? I’ve been going around my garden to find some of the easiest and money-saving ways to be more eco-friendly – and it is important to find eco-friendly tips that save you time or money or easy to do, because then you’re much more likely to do…
The best narrow garden ideas – make your garden look bigger!
Do you have a long thin garden? Well, how you plant it can make it look much bigger and much more beautiful. In February the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel talked to Posy Gentles about her long thin town garden and because there are really no plants in February, you could really see the shape of…
Garden tour- July in the Middlesized Garden!
It’s July here in the Middle-sized Garden and we’ve had some really really hot temperatures in England- generally up to about 33 degrees Celsius in some places, and Northern Ireland has even had its first hose pipe ban for 28 years. Down south we’ve just had hot weather and no rain and it’s been lovely,…
‘No dig’ flower borders – Charles Dowding tips
Have you ever wondered how no dig gardening could help your gardening? I’m here with Charles Dowding who’s the Guru of no dig and author of Organic Gardening The Natural No Dig Way and I’m going to ask him to tell us how gardening in the no dig way can make a real difference to…
Seed Starting Containers: 10+ Ideas for Vegetable Gardening -Quick Tips
Hi YouTubers! I’m AL Gracian from albopepper.com. As Winter sets in, we order our seeds and make plans for the new growing season. Starting seedlings indoors will give you a great head start, extending your harvest window. A good light source ensures strong vigorous seedlings. But that’s only half the story. What about the root…