My Garden Diary, – Reminders for July 1914
While war was just around the corner, the tasks for July 1914 continued in the garden…. One pressing duty of the month is the planting out at …
While war was just around the corner, the tasks for July 1914 continued in the garden…. One pressing duty of the month is the planting out at …
Many of you will know from previous blogs that the Dartmoor village of Northlew lost proportionally more enlisted men during WW1 than any other town or village …
Lupins, that cottage garden favourite, will have been in flower for a few weeks now and the flower spikes will be beginning to fade. Don’t just sit there – …
Suttons has always looked after its staff and we’re a pretty sociable bunch but we no longer have the luxury of a company organised annual excursion! The …
Suttons has always been keen to encourage the next generation of gardeners. Back in 1914 we offered the following “apparatus” to enable children to grow …
Please find below the June entry from our 1914 My Garden Diary. The information may be old and worded more formally than we are used to today but it remains …
Available throughout World War One and still available today Runner Bean Prizewinner is deserving of its name and in the Suttons & Sons 1914 catalogue was …
Sowing Sweet Peas direct in the garden during April and May means you will reap the benefits when they flower between June and September. Hopefully, if the …
The New Zealand Yam is also known as Oca. The tubers which vary in colour are best planted individually in 15cm (6″) pots using a multipurpose compost in …
As promised here is the second excerpt from the 1914 My Garden Diary (See here for April 1914). If you do everything then it looks like being a very busy …