What a month!
The wettest and warmest December doesn't help the gardening and then storm Frank arrived. Still, next year may be better - Happy New Year!
Yearly Archives: 2015
Check Out Our Bestselling Books
Winter Solstice & Merry Christmas
It's the Winter Solstice and the time to wish you all a Merry Christmas
Rain, Wind & Floods for Some
Not a lot happening except for weather. Some tips on storing brassicas and how to cope when the plot has been flooded
Can’t do much outside in this!
We've a new spring and stream running from the back of the house. The joys of Storm Desmond.
Planning the Plot – What to Grow?
Growers often spend a lot of time planning rotations and reading seed catalogues (or checking the web) but the first thing you should do is to decide what you want to grow and how much.
Storms, A Door and Dry Stone Walls
Storm after storm but getting a bit of DIY done. The damage sheep can do to walls and the cost of repairs.
Sarpo Potato Offer
Fantastic EXCLUSIVE offer for us on Sarpo Potatoes new Trial Packs.
Changing the Countryside
They're not making any more land and what we do use is being exhausted by intensive farming globally. There will come a point where we will need to better use the marginal lands and uplands if we're to eat.
More Thoughts on Food Waste
Some more thoughts on food waste that led me to think about how we produce food here in the UK and it's eventual end.
TV Chefs & Food Waste
Most of us who take an interest in food and agriculture have been aware that much of the food we produce and buy is just wasted. But it takes a celebrity chef and a TV programme to get everyone talking.
Halloween & Pumpkins
Growing giant pumpkins for Halloween. Cute photos of nieces and nephew carving the pumpkin and dressed up
From Greenhouse to Compost
Catching up in the remarkably fine weather. Sorting the greenhouse, compost bins and extending the comfrey patch
GM Crops – the EU Vote
The EU voted on the 13th October to reject a compromise that allowed individual states to decide if they would allow the import of Genetically Modified Organisms for use in food and animal feed and the growing of GM Crops.
Sieved Compost
Trying out a new soil sifter, planting willows and a rose. Some thoughts on decorative borders.
Compost, Comfrey and Catching Up
An unusual use for my Mantis, chopping compost and the comfrey bed gets cleared but here comes the rain.
Weeding, Composting & Preparation
A busy week taking advantage of the marvellous weather to sort out the compost, raised beds and comfrey.
New Wheelbarrow & Helper
Taking advantage of dry weather, a new wheelbarrow, propagating comfrey and my grandson helping weed and mow.
Crimson Crush Blight Resistant Tomatoes Results
Back in May I was able to offer free blight-resistant Crimson Crush tomato plants from Dobies. How did they perform?
De-leafing Tomatoes
Catching up after the holiday, removing leaves from the tomatoes to encourage ripening fruit and applying compost to fruit bushes.
Our bestselling books for growing success!
More Information
SPECIAL OFFERS!
