Totally tomatoes: Which tom?
OK here we go! As promised, the first of five daily posts to celebrate the launch of the subscriber-only section …
Category Archives: self sufficiency
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 …
The October veg garden
Harvesting this month: French beans, carrots, the last of the courgettes and patty pan summer squash, Musquee de Provence winter …
The September veg garden
Harvesting this month: French beans, courgettes, patty pan summer squash, sweetcorn, potatoes (the last of the second earlies to eat, …
Between the lines
By far the most exciting thing to happen to me in the middle of a rainy and slightly frustrating week …
Garden words: Purely for medicinal purposes
The Gardener’s Companion to Medicinal Plants Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Confession time: I do like to self-medicate. Not, I must …
We interrupt this tour of Guernsey with an announcement…
A little interlude from my tour around the Garden Isle, as I have a little news I wanted to share… …
It’s a boy!
Oh dear. One of my girls has turned into a boy. I’m talking hens: or rather, in this case, cockerels. …
A gardening gift for Christmas
Stuck for something to buy a green-fingered loved one this Christmas? Well – My Garden School are now offering gift …
Sally Nex 