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…
Browsing: Soil & Nutrients
Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again
I like to apply manure to my beds where I can because it’s a good…
Fertiliser from Lightning Bolts and Crimson Clover
If you’re anything like me you will no doubt relish a good thunderstorm for its…
Bone meal, a gruesome fairy-tale fertiliser?
Ever wondered what the Jack and the Beanstalk giant meant when he said “I’ll grind…
Germination Temperatures: Sowing vegetables in a frozen March
Yes I know you’re anxious to get outside and sow those vegetable seeds, it’s been…
Zoo Poo – an exotic manure for the garden or allotment
Last summer we took the children to Woburn Safari Park. Driving around at 2 mph…
Is it safe to grow your own food inside tyres?
Many allotment sites have already banned the use of tyres but I see the odd…
Winter green manure – advantages and disadvantages
Last Autumn I covered half of my allotment’s raised beds with regular horse manure, it…
Seaweed – too many benefits to be ignored by plant growers
For many centuries coastal communities across the world have harvested seaweed and used it on their…
It seems modern fruits and vegetables are bigger, but no more nutritious
I stumbled across what seemed an interesting article in Scientific American recently ‘Have Fruits and Vegetables…