As you should know by now, last week I was a volunteer for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) at Chelsea Flower Show. When you volunteer for…
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 2018 officially kicked off with Press Day today but even before attending I’d seen a few confused social media comments off the back…
Having a greenhouse is a real blessing for any gardener, moving into a house which already has one in the garden is even more fortuitous. The…
When I am in the garden or at my allotments my mind is not somewhere else. My mind is quiet and I am focused exclusively on…
It’s that time of year when slugs and snails creep out of the woodwork (quite literally) and look for sources of food after their winter hibernation.…
Looking for grow your own tips? These ones are between one and two thousand years old, passed on from the ancient Greeks, Romans and Persians. They…
Yes I know you’re anxious to get outside and sow those vegetable seeds, it’s been a long winter and spring is running a good two weeks…
Looking for grow your own tips? These ones are between one and two thousand years old, passed on from the ancient Greeks, Romans and Persians. They…
Something that slipped below the blog radar recently (been up to my eyeballs in #MedievalGrowYourOwn posts) was my acceptance by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) as…
Have you noticed the cyber invasion of fake ‘rainbow’ coloured tomato and flower seeds that are flooding the Internet? From ‘rainbow tomatoes’ to ‘rainbow roses’ and…