
Strawberries, Choosing & Planting Up Hanging Baskets
Choosing and buying some new strawberry plants. Planting them into hanging baskets for growing in the polytunnel.
My diary of my attempts, success and failures growing vegetables, fruit, herbs and gardening on an allotment.sized vegetable plot with a garden as well
Choosing and buying some new strawberry plants. Planting them into hanging baskets for growing in the polytunnel.
For me, the season starts when I get and set out my seed potatoes to chit. Where's the best place to buy the seed potatoes.
Some brief thoughts on the past year and the new. Gardeners who have most influenced how I live, grow and garden.
Between more damaging winds attacking the greenhouse and sheep getting into the vegetable plot, not the easiest of weeks I've had.
This weekend Storm Darragh hit the UK with a red warning for the coast of Wales. We had some damage, but didn't suffer too badly.
Different methods of clearing the weeds from a new allotment plot in response to a question from a newsletter reader
A garden pond can bring a wide range of benefits to your outdoor space, both aesthetically and ecologically.
Unexpected way to grow lettuce, planting garlic and a few onions, an observation about parsley and I’ve been making loads of soup.
This year I've grown Bulgarian Giant Leeks and they're amazing. They're easy, early, high-yielding and taste great.
Excellent sprouts about ready to start harvesting but problems developing with the potatoes in store so checking them over.
How a bare patch in front of a new-build house was converted to a productive and attractive modern day potager garden.
Greenhouse repaired after storm damage, Pruning the back border. Lots of shredding and found a birds nest in the bush
Outdoor sweetcorn success. Repairing the bird damage to the polytunnel. Radish leaves become a delicious and nutritious soup, Pretty Beans!
Autumn arrives and already leaves are turning and falling. Spring cabbages, French beans and lettuce in Bustaseed modules.
A short lived spell of great weather as the season draws to a close. Sweetcorn surprise, potato soup and beans, lots of beans.
The results are in from a trial of Bustaseed Seedling Trays with standard commercial seedling trays undertaken by Queen's University Belfast.
How to join and post on our chat and help forums.
In Winter the compost bins slow down so I like to use a compost accelerator to give them a quick boost ahead of the growing season.
It’s been a poor year for weather and the harvest so far is pretty mixed. Anyway, in classic style I’ll cover the good, the bad and surprises.
Hard to believe it’s late August here. Yesterday the weather was so awful. Rained all day with high winds, gusting to 50mph.