Where to begin with the shock and terror of a cancer diagnosis at age 46. I finished 2023 with a bit of inexplicable fatigue. Nothing that…
Author: Matt Peskett
Matt Peskett
Matt is a web publishing and digital marketing consultant who in his free time enjoys allotmenteering and gardening. Horticulture is in the family genes (hence the socials name grow like grandad) and Matt has been growing his own vegetables since he was 7 years old. He also had a mad few years tweeting anonymously as Monty Don's dog Nigel from Gardeners World.
Chelsea Flower Show is back to its regular May slot for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold and I shall once again be…
As well as making my own compost, I buy all kinds of different peat-free composts throughout the growing season for use with planting out in the…
In what is becoming an annual tradition, I have again identified the cheapest vegetable seed prices across the UK’s main seed companies. I examine a ‘notional’…
Latest edition of the seed price index for 2021/22 available here. Earlier in 2020 the first COVID lockdown triggered a massive spike in demand for vegetable…
I like to apply manure to my beds where I can because it’s a good mulch for moisture retention and helps add organic matter to the…
On social media this week I’ve seen an increase in demand for an end to the COVID-19 lockdown both in the UK and US. Apparently a…
I’ve often told people that the ability to ‘grow your own’ food was a basic skill that would one day be needed again by all. That…
We’ve probably all heard the horror stories about severe skin burns from Giant Hogweed exposure (all Putin’s fault according to the Daily Express), but not many…
In an ideal world we’d obviously like our tomatoes to ripen the best way, on the vine. You’ve spent half a year getting them from seed…