It’s cold, wet, dark and dismal. Let’s get gardening

What you do in the garden now can lay the foundations for a year of homegrown beauty

Grow some joy: Eight inspirational jobs to get stuck into in your garden

Now is a good time to sow seed for half-hardy, fast-growing annuals

Polytunnel gardening could be your great escape

On rainy days a polytunnel offers warmth, seclusion and a leafy refuge

Polytunnel power: How to grow the best summer veg and fruit

All kinds of heat-loving vegetables can be grown under cover, and flowers too

Rainy day gardening: Keep on top of pests and enjoy the crop of vegetables

This damp August has created optimum soil conditions for seeds to germinate

The secret to growing tremendously tasty tomatoes

It takes time and expertise to coax these greedy, sun-loving, thirsty plants to give of their very best

Tunnel vision: Undercover gardening extends the growing season at both ends

Cheaper than a greenhouse and easier to put up, a polytunnel takes your gardening to a new level

Giving to a gardener? Here's 35 great gifts for Christmas

Trees to plant, gloves to wear, cards to write trowels to dig, seeds to sow and a pad to rest

Harvest water: the garden will thank you

No amount of watering is going to be as good for plants as sweet, clean, cool Irish rain

How a lush and leafy Churchtown garden is weathering the drought

No herbicides, fungicides or pesticides are used, not even organically-approved kinds

Down the garden path to Altamont’s walled wonder

The walled garden and nursery at Altamont in Co Carlow is horticultural heaven

Dig in: the best advice on undercover gardening

For top tips on growing flowers and food in polytunnels try these books, blogs and posts

The bottom line for topsoil: value its benefits before it’s dug to death

Staying in touch with the soil can help to make us happier and save the planet

It’s showtime in the garden