Towards the end of 2016 MrsGrow stumbled in a hole at the top of our steep hillside garden and moaned at me (because of course it…
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.
Buying Christmas gifts for gardeners is not as easy as it sounds. We can be quite a particular bunch, we know what we like and we…
Many allotment sites have already banned the use of tyres but I see the odd few being used at our allotments. Typically they’re weighing down thick…
I love visiting world-class gardens. Garden visits offer much in the way of sense-stimulating experiences to inspire the features, plants and planting arrangements that we choose…
At my allotment last week I walked backwards as I raked and almost fell bottom first into my plot’s metal water trough. Ten minutes later I…
As a lover of the great outdoors I now find that, after 20 years of office work, an environment free of plants is a depressing and…
“Is it Wednesday? Wednesday, Four O’Clock?” was a question I spent most of Saturday afternoon asking. I asked it of people on Dorking High Street as…
I’ve written previously about vegetable companion planting (or ‘intercropping’) – the ancient horticultural concept of growing certain plant species together for the benefit of one (or…
Day 5 #AllotmentFashionWeek! Sadly today marks the end of #AllotmentFashionWeek – I hope you’ll agree that it’s been an interesting and fun journey highlighting what’s in…
Day 4 #AllotmentFashionWeek! Day four of #AllotmentFashionWeek and it’s my turn to walk the virtual allotment catwalk at last! So far the boys have been outnumbered…