Health & Outdoors Glyphosate (Roundup) weed killer – should you use it? 13th January 2017 At two recent allotment committee meetings the subject of ‘weed killer use’ has come up…
Sowing & Growing Buying Seeds – F1? Hybrid? Heritage? Does it matter? 8th December 2016 Whilst perusing the seed catalogues of a dark winter’s evening you may have noticed that…
Sowing & Growing The benefits of making Comfrey tea (liquid fertiliser) 16th September 2016 I must admit, the first time I heard the phrase ‘Comfrey tea’ I half expected…
Design & Planning Behind the Scenes at Great Dixter – July 2016 22nd July 2016 As a young boy I would crudely draw out designs for my small vegetable plot,…