Top August Allotment Tips
Early this month, I’m going to harvest my summer onion sets “Stuttgarter” and “Sturon” both of which have grown well. I like to pick them after a few …
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August Newsletter
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.” – Jane Austen August is payback time. After all the work …
Suttons Plant Nursery
After weeks of sunshine I’m not quite sure why I chose the first rainy day to visit our perennial nursery. Did I say rain? It was more like a monsoon with …
Watering the Garden Made Easy
Watering the garden can be a real chore during summer or it can be an opportunity to study your garden. Enjoying looking at plants you might otherwise miss. …
Soft Fruit Means Strawberry Gin!
Remember that cool spell of weather we endured in May/early June? Not welcome at all and certainly stunted the growth of many young plants. But now we are …
Top July Allotment Tips
On the allotment as ever, the weather has been the main talking point. June was generally rather dry, almost until the month end. This put some plants under …
July Newsletter
“Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers.” – Sara Coleridge Let’s hope Sara Coleridge is right and that we have plenty …
The June Gap
June is the month of transition between spring and summer and brings with it the June gap. A month of long days, balmy nights and hopefully plenty of glorious …