I recently stumbled across a book called the Ruralia Commoda or ‘The Advantages of Country-Living’. This book is a practical guide to farming and agriculture, garden…
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.
This week guns are in the news again after the awful school shooting in Parkland, Florida. As a father watching the tragic scenes unfolding on the…
Pollinating insects have a very obvious relationship with plants – they visit a brightly coloured flower to obtain food (nectar) and in exchange they inadvertently pick…
As you may have read on my social media channels, I have acquired two additional allotment ‘half’ plots for 2018. One of these is plot 44B…
Last summer we took the children to Woburn Safari Park. Driving around at 2 mph I became a little obsessed with the vast quantities of zoo…
I’d waited a long time for episode one of Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens this evening – I’d actually had a potential meeting with Monty postponed at…
It’s a well known fact that Albert Einstein was a big lover of an apple wassail, it’s how he came up with the ‘Apple Wassail Equation’…
As gardeners we are much more aware of the weather and climate than most people because we are generally living day to day through the health…
“No dig is where it’s all at Matt, you should try it!”. No thank you very much… digging is one of my favourite gardening past-times. I…
Seed Price Comparison Data January 5th 2018 (Download PDF Version) suttons.co.uk thompson-morgan.com mr-fothergills.co.uk Variety Price Quantity £ Per Seed Price Quantity £ Per Seed Price Quantity…