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…
Browsing: Raised-bed gardening
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…
Last Autumn I covered half of my allotment’s raised beds with regular horse manure, it was about three inches deep. We get free manure deliveries to…
I was very pleased with the display of flowering bulbs in my new terraced garden beds this year; the ‘late’ tulips started ‘early’ in April and…
Reaching the top of the local allotment waiting list is an exciting time. After months, or even years, you’re suddenly invited to review and take on a…
A new year invariably brings much excitement to gardeners and allotmenteers as they look longingly ahead to Spring and the growing season. Seed catalogues arrive on…