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: sustainability
Tomatoes, a new book, and community woods
Hello! How has your week been? I expect you, like me, have mostly spent it watching the world wake up: …
Bees, tomatoes and marigolds
Hello again! Here we are in mid-February already and I’m getting that all too familiar feeling of the year speeding …
Daffodils, chillies and turbo-charged onions
Hello everyone! Hope you’ve had a good week. Have you been enjoying my little flurry of posts to launch the …
Feeding the birds… without the cost
I was joined by my little friend in the garden again yesterday. Every gardener has one: a little shadow flitting …
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 …
A living heritage
The best email to pop into my inbox all year is the one from the Heritage Seed Library announcing the …
Sourcing sustainable seed
Ever wondered where the seed you sow actually comes from? I always thought (as much as I thought about it …
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 …
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