Mandy Watson
Mandy Watson is a freelance journalist, specialist gardening copywriter and plantaholic with roots firmly planted in working-class NE England. MandyCanUDigIt grew from the tiny seed of a Twitter account into this rainforest of information. Teesdale Mercury Magazine editor. Garden Media Guild and NUJ member. Mission statement: to make gardening more accessible to the often excluded - the less able, the hard-up or beginners. An advocate of gardening for better mental and physical health.
The best scented roses for your garden
Blog: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
I must confess, I have a real problem with roses without perfume, so here...
Quirky garden recycling and upcycling
Recycling and upcycling materials to show off your garden - and make plants work for you.
Rosehip syrup
Emulate the wartime 'Hedgerow Harvest'
Rosehips contain 20 times the amount of Vitamin C as oranges, so making your own rosehip syrup is a no-brainer....
Vinegar toffee and cinder toffee for Bonfire Night
Jaw-breaking post-war sweets from my mam's school recipe book
Vinegar toffee and cinder toffee always remind me of autumn, Halloween and Bonfire Night. These recipes...
Easy recipes for blackcurrants, raspberries and other berries
Make the most of gluts with alcoholic 'Ribena', compotes and cake
Currants and berries tend to come in gluts and don't keep for very long,...
Banana cakes to use up ripe fruit
No-waste recipes - don't throw out overripe bananas!
My bananas are highly unlikely to fruit, but these recipes for banana cakes have saved me so...
