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Gardening in Spain - From Richard & Clodagh Handscombe

Handscombes in Spain

Clodagh & Dick Handscombe are experienced gardeners and authors living in Spain.

They say about themselves:-

"In our holistic garden and allotment we grow flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit and are largely self sufficient in our needs for a healthy Mediterranean diet. Summer shade for siestas, sundowners, al fresco cooking eating and dining is provided by the shade of mature trees and a colourful naya-covered arched terrace. Sheltered sunny warm winter corners are created by wind breaking boundary plant clad walls and internal hedges. To enable us to produce rich composts for enriching soils for garden beds, containers and the allotment plus invaluable home reared meat and eggs we keep a few chickens and rabbits."

We have now written six books re gardening in Spain including the best seller Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain and have a regular radio programme on Spanish radio. If you are interested in growing vegetables in the Mediterranean climate or more ideas for growing in a globally warmed southern England the book can be obtained most easily in the UK from Amazon

Sounds pretty wonderful to me! These are the latest articles from their website and I'm sure they will be of interest to anyone thinking of moving to a warm climate or even coping with global warming.

There's a lot in there books that can be applied to growing anywhere, not just in Spain, and they're verywell written and easy to follow - where ever you may be.

Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain

Gardening In Spain

Articles About Mediterranean Growing and Gardening

A practical care and processing plan for your olive trees
A handy guide to the care of your olive trees and making the best possible oils.
Achieving the many benefits of olive trees
Olive trees have so many uses! So look after the ones you have and plant new ones.
Economic gardening for hard economic times
How to cut the costs of having a beautiful and productive Mediterranean garden
Happy New Year to Spanish and other Mediterranean gardeners
Best wishes for interesting, inspiring, colourful, perfumed, healthy and productive gardens in 2012 from Spain's best known gardening authors.
Seasonal Christmas, New Year and Los Reyes best wishes to our many garden friends in Spain and other Mediterranean countries


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.

Read more on Seasonal Christmas, New Year and Los Reyes best wishes to our many garden friends in Spain and other Mediterranean countries…

The fatal Palm Weevil disaster
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.
Close plantings are beneficial in Mediterranean Gardens

 

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…

Spanish and Mediterranean Patio Gardens

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.

Read more on Spanish and Mediterranean Patio Gardens…

October a busy month for Spanish and other Mediterranean Gardeners
Spanish and other Mediterranean gardeners have much to do in October.
Living Well from Our Mediterranean Garden
Our latest book about living well and healthily from our garden in Spain

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