Mini caulis, red cabbages and five year old broccoli
Hello again! Have you had a good week? I do hope so. I am at that point of dissonance: the …
Category Archives: kitchen garden
Rotating crops: don’t bother
I am not someone who readily does as they’re told. Ask my mum. You know those annoying children for whom …
How to force strawberries
Imagine a bowl. Now fill it with gleaming, just-picked strawberries, perhaps just a little warm from the touch of the …
A living heritage
The best email to pop into my inbox all year is the one from the Heritage Seed Library announcing the …
Garlic, beans and onions
Sowing now: Garlic It is still hideously soggy outside and far too cold to sow just yet: but in between …
Happy New Year!
Nope – not quite crazy (yet). It may be September and only barely autumn, but the veg grower’s new year starts here.
My list of crops to get under way for the new season right now includes autumn-sown onions, hardy broad beans, spring cabbages and salads – lots and lots of salads.
How to ripen your Hallowe’en pumpkins
Trick or treat! Only a few weeks till Hallowe’en and if you’ve been growing pumpkins, this is your time to …
Dreaming of winter
In the garden, it’s August: the pumpkins are swelling, the beans are coming thick and fast, and I’m feasting on …
Sowing seed nature’s way
Another month, another stack of seed trays to prick out. The greenhouse shelves are already full of overcrowded seedlings to …
How to feed your plants a healthy diet
Just like people, plants need food. Also like people, a good diet is the foundation for health and happiness: and …
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