The long spell of warm weather has left me with rampant tomato plants and Dahlias eager to be let out to grow huge and lush. In common with many others, I have Space Issues. Conventional wisdom would be not to put tomatoes and Dahlias outdoors until the last risk of frost has passed at the…
Read more…
Its that time of year again. My first act each morning is to check on the seedlings in the windowsill propagator. I sowed my first chillies on 11th February, and they have long-since been pricked out and placed in my experimental light-reflecting box nearby. Since then peppers have been sown and have germinated, the first…
Read more…
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how I approach gardening. I thought I had myself sorted. Quite neatly pigeon-holed even. But new ventures – having a greenhouse, getting an allotment – have forced me to think a lot of things through again. There are so many different approaches to gardens and gardening. Some people love bedding….
Read more…
There’s a plant graveyard outside my greenhouse and it is growing. Some of the deaths are due to the cold. I sowed a few Broad Beans in pots last Autumn, hoping to over winter them and start them in a pot in the garden for an early crop. When I got the allotment I felt…
Read more…
Yesterday was much milder than it has been, and I headed outside to attempt some actual gardening. Sadly the pond is still frozen, so no way to skim off the leaves that I should have removed a couple of weeks ago. The ground was still rock hard too, so no opportunity to rescue the Gladioli…
Read more…