As you guys know, we have a bit of a nightmare with trees in our garden. There are a couple of reasons, firstly the wind just seems to burn so much of the new, more delicate growth and secondly, we just suck at the whole tree in a container thing. […]
Author: Eli
The best way to organise a greenhouse
Comments are DisabledWe aren’t all lucky enough to have huge gardens and enormous greenhouses, so we need to be a bit clever about how we organise the space, to make the most of what we have. I’ve done vlogs and blogs on this topic before and took you guys along as I […]
Sowing under cover or what’s with the milk jugs?
Comments are DisabledI swear, every time I turned on social media over the last few months, someone is sticking some seeds in a big plastic milk carton. What’s going on? The interwebs is a weird and wonderful place. So a wee bit of research (what I mean is I spoke to a […]
We’re trying some new strawberries
Comments are DisabledStrawberries might just be our most successful harvest ever, since we got on top of the beastie problem, we’ve never had a bad year. So you’ll probably think we are mad if I tell you that we scrapped our strawberry bed and all the plants? Well not to fear, we […]
Repairing the raised bed covers
2 commentsIt’s funny how easy it is to out off those little jobs that you absolutely know need to be done. We’ve been saying since last summer, “oh we better sort those netting frames.” But you know what it’s like… We out off and out off. Finally though, a morning of […]
Getting my peppers and tomatoes started early: update
Comments are DisabledThere is still a level of excitement in the house over the fact that we have things growing. Helped I think, by the fact that they are in my office, so I see them every day. It’s pretty cool actually. And I do chuckle a bit at the fact that […]
Greenhouse insulation: will we bubble wrap again next year?
Comments are DisabledJanuary has given us everything the weather fairies could throw at us, rain, wind, snow, ice, frost and the odd sunbeam. But even better, it means we can finally give you that review of the bubble wrapped greenhouse. A few months back, we put messages out on all our platforms […]
Starting seeds in early (indoors)
Comments are DisabledWe’ve had so many folks contact us this month asking what they can grow now in their greenhouse or if they can sow certain seeds. And you know what, I’m not surprised by all the confusion out there because it feels like everywhere you look, folk are planting things or […]
Make your own potting mix
2 commentsOver the last week, I have been asked at least once a day for my recipe for potting soil. So I thought this was a good opportunity to share it with you guys, but also to talk about it and help us all get to grips with all the terms […]
365 days later: 2020 in review
Comments are DisabledI have never been so glad to see the number on the clock flip over to 00:00 – a whole new year. I say this in an entirely metaphoric way as I was in my bed asleep when the year passed, I’m not one for staying up late. But still, […]
