Planting for Pollinators – The RHS Chelsea 2022 Feature Garden
Chelsea Flower Show is back to its regular May slot for the first time since…
Browsing: Sowing & Growing
Indoor seed sowing – peat-free compost, worm casts and mole hills
As well as making my own compost, I buy all kinds of different peat-free composts…
Vegetable seeds substantially cheaper for 2021/22
In what is becoming an annual tradition, I have again identified the cheapest vegetable seed…
Vegetable seeds – price comparison for 2021
Latest edition of the seed price index for 2021/22 available here. Earlier in 2020 the…
Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again
I like to apply manure to my beds where I can because it’s a good…
Why ‘Dig For Victory’ is vital in 2020… #GrowYourOwnaForCorona
I’ve often told people that the ability to ‘grow your own’ food was a basic…
Phototoxicity – Beware the plants that burn!
We’ve probably all heard the horror stories about severe skin burns from Giant Hogweed exposure…
How to ripen green tomatoes – ethylene borrowing
In an ideal world we’d obviously like our tomatoes to ripen the best way, on…
Should you remove potato flowers and/or their fruits?
Over the years I’ve heard a number of allotment folk say that they remove the…
Lunar Gardening – Should We Pay More Attention to the Moon?
As very young children we are taught to love the man in the moon. As…