Raising Really Good Seedlings

Really good seedlings are an important part of an abundant garden. If your seedlings are strong and healthy, the grown ups will be too. It takes a bit of dedication […]

My Favourite Growing Frame

Tomatoes and beans need tall, solid support – 1.8m is minimum to get the full potential out of the crop. Fully grown, these crops are weighty. They need something robust […]

Taking your soil’s temperature

Oh joy, the greenhouse soil has hit 15 degrees. This means she’s ready to germinate beans (there’ll be green beans for christmas!) For such a cheap and simple tool a […]

How to grow garlic

Once upon a time, garlic was planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest – how I loved that tradition! But life is change and now we plant […]