Coping with the rain
All this rain we're having causes no end of problems for the gardener. Some suggestions to help.
Allotment Garden Diary
Growing Your Own, Gardening and Allotment Advice
Allotment Garden Diary
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
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Awful Weather but Life Continues
Pretty grim weather, grow bag waterer and starting peas and beans under heat in the new greenhouse.
Time to start sowing
It's time to start some serious sowing and growing. Here's what I'm sowing now.
Growing Under Cloches
Prompted by a question from a reader, a little article about cloches and their benefits for the home grower.
Mountains of Muck!
I've acquired a lot of sheep manure for the vegetable plots. This will keep me busy!
Children & Food
Some thoughts about children and food, my grandson harvesting and cooking.
Greenhouses Survive Storm Brendan
Both greenhouses survived the storm, low maintenance bed under mulch, growing chicken feed.
Removing Sprouts from Seed Potatoes
The practice of removing all but two or three sprouts from a seed potato to produce larger tubers is well documented. The question is, does it work?
How High to Position Growlights
Growlights will certainly help you grow very early crops but where should they be placed for maximum benefit?
Of Mice & Mould & Merry Christmas!
Mice in the food store, rotting mouldy squashes and onions but cheer up, it's Christmas!
Keeping Water Clean & Safe
Envii have developed a biological solution to keeping water sweet in the butt and stopping algae growth whilst protecting plants and promoting growth.
Back Problem & Bonfire Ashes
I've been quiet due to my bad back - but recovering now. How best to use bonfire ashes.
Back goes – Arghhh!
It's been an awful week - my back has near killed me.
Pomato, (TomTato) Growing Tomatoes on Potatoes
I had a reader enquire about how to produce Pomato (Tomtato) plants formed by grafting a tomato plant as scion to a potato pant as rootstock.
Floods – the answers in the land
Looking at vast areas of the country flooded yet again made me think about what we can do. Some of the answers are in the land.
Winter planting, winter harvest, testing the greenhouses
My last post about sweet potatoes went on a bit longer than I intended so this is the rest of the catch-up from the plot.
Sweet Potato Growing Results
My first attempt at growing sweet potatoes hasn't been quite the success I hoped for. Not a complete failure though.
You can grow anything, anywhere, anytime.. But
Had an interesting discussion about seasonal food and my polytunnel the other day.
Repairs Done, Broad Beans Planted, Back Pulled
The greenhouse vent is fixed, emergency repairs to the polytunnel, over-wintering broad beans planted out but I've broken down!
Main Greenhouse, Polytunnel
Plans go awry, clearing the greenhouse and tidying up the polytunnel ready for the next season.
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