So farewell then…
…greenhouse tomatoes. I have cleared this year’s crop: always a marker that you can no longer kid yourself: the season …
Category Archives: kitchen garden
Bean there, done that
I do love it when you figure something out all by yourself. I’ve always been slightly mystified by the instructions for …
This month in the garden…
I am…. Planting garlic Putting in some rather fine ‘Champagne’ rhubarb… And sowing and overwintering broad bean ‘Aquadulce Claudia’ Videos …
Nature’s own weedkiller
Before we leave the veg garden at Tyntesfield, I thought I’d just share this bit of veg-growing geekery: just to …
A Tynte of Victoriana
I’ve been wanting to visit Tyntesfield in Wraxall, near Bristol, for years. So on the slightly shaky pretext of tracking …
Things ain’t what they ought to be
These are this year’s patty pan squash They’re a little bit odd. I’ve grown yellow patty pans before: and they …
Rogue’s gallery: Garlic rust
My garlic has turned ginger. And not in a good way. It happened just about overnight, a few weeks ago. …
Hampton Court: Do try this at home
Well I thought I was doing pretty well on the exotics front this year, what with the tomatilloes hogging one …
Pick of the month: June
Pea ‘Oregon Sugar Pod’ To quote a well-known advert for a certain shop which used to sell clothing but now …
October garden: Veg plot
We have been here three seasons now: and what better time to start recording the garden that’s emerging slowly, painfully, from …
Sally Nex 