My Garden Diary – Reminders for May 1914
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 …
Suttons Gardening Blog
Welcome to the Suttons gardening blog! Here you’ll find helpful seeds and plants advice from horticultural experts. From easy expert gardening tips, this free and comprehensive online library is suitable for all UK gardeners.
How to choose secateurs
Here are my top tips for selecting secateurs: For pruning anything from sappy, soft growth to woody twigs, a decent pair of secateurs is essential. To perform …
100+ Years Being Sold and Still Going Strong!
Veg varieties from our 1914 catalogue still on sale in 2014! So much has changed over the last 100 years at Suttons with flower and veg varieties coming and …
My Garden Diary – Reminders for April 1914
As promised here is the detail from the Suttons My Garden Diary for April 1914. Most of the vegetable and flower seeds can still be found on our website …
Suttons Seeds in 1914 a Prelude to World War One
By 1914 Suttons had already been in business for 109 years and had witnessed the Napoleonic and Boer Wars, the Irish Potato Famine and other horrors. 1914 …
GROWING FOR SHOWING – potatoes, onions and garlic
I was doing so well. Most of the seeds and plants are ordered and now I’m awaiting delivery. Great. My seed potatoes are chitting beautifully and have …
Senetti Pot Ready Plants Growing Guide
For an early splash of colour in the garden Senetti plants are a great addition. Beautiful flowers from April through to early frosts, this simple guide to …
3 Easy Steps to Grow Great Onions
Onions, Shallots and Garlic are some of the easiest things to grow in the veg garden. As there is barely a week in the year where onions are not used at some …