A living heritage
The best email to pop into my inbox all year is the one from the Heritage Seed Library announcing the …
The best email to pop into my inbox all year is the one from the Heritage Seed Library announcing the …
Ever wondered where the seed you sow actually comes from? I always thought (as much as I thought about it …
Sowing now: Garlic It is still hideously soggy outside and far too cold to sow just yet: but in between …
While I’m plotting out my growing year, I’m also doing a bit of a stock take. Like most gardeners I …
Let’s face it: January is a bit crap. It’s dark by 4.30pm, you’re bumbling about in four layers of clothing …
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.
Trick or treat! Only a few weeks till Hallowe’en and if you’ve been growing pumpkins, this is your time to …
In the garden, it’s August: the pumpkins are swelling, the beans are coming thick and fast, and I’m feasting on …
Another month, another stack of seed trays to prick out. The greenhouse shelves are already full of overcrowded seedlings to …
Are you making the switch and going peat-free this April? You may have come across the #PeatFreeApril campaign on social …