Seed ordering day.
£163.00. Not bad for the bounty of veg and salads we should achieve over the summer with this lot.
Garden Planning
I think almost every gardener I know has a favorite garden book, or perhaps a favorite gardener who influenced them when they first started gardening. I’ve gardened for as long as I remember. Even as a small child I always commandeered a corner of the garden in every house we lived in. My parents, grandparents and great grandparents all enjoying their gardens and passing on bits of knowledge here and there to me.
Planting Onion Sets
If you don’t have the time or the desire to start your onions from seed then onion sets are the perfect solution, virtually guaranteeing you a successful crop.
Seed sowing in the sunshine
Having had a couple of years out of the smallholding it took me a while to find where I’d left everything. After rooting around in the greenhouse for a while however I found a windowsill propagator, some seed trays and a bag of vermiculite.
Chitting Seed Potatoes
Has everyone got trays of seed potatoes chitting (sprouting) on window sills around the house or is it just me? I’ve currently got first earlies, second earlies and maincrop in plastic egg trays getting ready for planting. The process of … Continued