Of rain and onions

January 17, 2023

Hello everyone! How has your week been? I hope it’s been a bit drier than mine – my fingertips are …

Garlic, beans and onions

January 8, 2023

Sowing now: Garlic It is still hideously soggy outside and far too cold to sow just yet: but in between …

June 4, 2021

Another month, another stack of seed trays to prick out. The greenhouse shelves are already full of overcrowded seedlings to …

October 2, 2020

Harvesting this month: French beans, carrots, the last of the courgettes and patty pan summer squash, Musquee de Provence winter …

September 1, 2020

Harvesting this month: French beans, courgettes, patty pan summer squash, sweetcorn, potatoes (the last of the second earlies to eat, …

June 7, 2017

So: onward and upward with my efforts to replace my stack of green and black plastic seed trays with lovely organic …

June 4, 2017

The year marches on: and I thought it was about time I gave a little update on where I’m at in …

March 10, 2016

Not much gardening going on yesterday: it was blowing a hooley again and though it wasn’t exactly raining hard, what …

April 21, 2015

Heeelp….!! I’m running out of room… As always in April, there’s a traffic jam in my greenhouse. Outside, the cold frame is …