Monitoring a fruit haul
By Patricia Jordan
I am always being asked why some fruit and nut trees have enormous crops one year and barely any the next. This is known as ‘biennial bearing’, ...
Gardening: The science of sowing seeds
It’s amazing how plants reproduce themselves
By Patricia Jordan
Some plants throw out underground rhizomes, which pop up away from the mother plant. Plumbago is a good example of ...
High summer hits
Climbers come to the fore
With temperatures rising even more rapidly, this is a difficult time in our gardens. In high summer plants scarcely grow and it is not a ...
The varying conditions of Cyprus: frost, heat, humidity and dust
At 300 metres elevation in the foothills of the Troodos mountains and in a frost pocket, I am always surprised that I can get anything slightly sub-tropical to grow at all. ...
Flowers mean bees
Loss of habitat and use of pesticides are harming these pollinators without which we are doomed
By Patricia Jordan
Early last month as I was sitting on a bench in ...
Flowers all around
By Patricia Jordan
The weather certainly keep you guessing in Cyprus, but at least April is here and although there may be some April showers, which are all to the ...