Seed sowing in Scotland & Northern England
We had a question on the forum about vegetable growing in Scotland where it can get a little colder than here in Devon – so we’ve put together a …
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We had a question on the forum about vegetable growing in Scotland where it can get a little colder than here in Devon – so we’ve put together a …
We are all familiar with grafted fruit trees and roses but perhaps you haven’t yet heard about the newest addition to the world of grafting for the home …
I’ve been busy. Family, friends, work, hoovering and dusting (but NOT ironing – I hate ironing), making extravagant meals far beyond my ability …
I am having such a fabulous year with my pepper plants! I had a few different varieties and one of them ‘Beauty Bell’ has been a really heavy …
My tomato plants are no more. After a long and arduous journey they have gone to tomato plant heaven (i.e. the compost). They were doing ok up to …
Have been wanting to blog for ages and now have the opportunity, I have a 4ft by 13ft raised bed full of last years manure in the back garden and ½ acre of …
We have a lot of beetroot ready right now and there is a limit to how much you can eat with salad so thought I would pass on one of my favourite beetroot …
I always end up with loads of tomatoes, far more than we can eat so the sensible thing is to make a tomato paste to freeze and use in cooking. However most …
weird phrase – but there you are. I have lots of runner beans. This has been by far the easiest and prettiest veg that I have grown so far this year. …
It was great to get back into the garden this weekend – it was the first dry weekend that we’ve had for ages so things have got a little out of …