As I sit here writing this blog post, it’s almost the longest day. It’s officially mid-winter, yet I’m just in from the garden, red cheeks and frozen fingers to boot. I would absolutely say yes, gardening has slowed down a little now we are deep into winter but it definitely […]
Author: Eli
Propagation 101 – free plants
Comments are DisabledThis week we finally managed to tackle the first video in what is going to be a series on propagation. It’s a topic that has been requested numerous times as we are all trying to save the pennies and reduce the small fortune we are all guilty of spending on […]
Amending the soil in your raised beds
Comments are DisabledIt’s no secret to you guys that I get a bit down in winter when the garden is at it’s least productive and coincidentally least green. But sometimes you need to take the hit, because then you have the chance to make sure the garden has everything it needs, to […]
An update on the bubble-wrapped greenhouse: was it worth it?
Comments are DisabledAs you guys know, we wrapped our greenhouse up in bubblewrap this year to keep it as cosy as possible without installing heating. We had 100% expected that by now we’d be able to give you a proper update on how it was standing up to the frosts and cold […]
Unboxing and planting our massive spring bulb haul
2 commentsThere is just a bit too much excitement going on around Ar Bruadair just now because the most enormous box of spring bulbs arrived in the post. And I mean enormous! It’s not often gardeners get to do an unboxing video but hang in there till the end and you […]
Can I grow carrots in a container?
Comments are DisabledNow I swore I wasn’t going to grow any winter veg and here I am mucking about with carrots. So here’s the thing, a while ago I planted two lots of carrots. The first lot I planted directly into the raised beds. The second lot I planted in the root […]
Hydrangeas over winter
Comments are DisabledToday is the start of something really interesting which we’ll be covering over multiple posts and videos over the winter and beyond. Hydrangeas. However, as we have to start somewhere, I thought a brilliant place to start might just be winter and how we look after our plants because that […]
Let’s be honest about Autumn and our state of mind
Comments are DisabledI’m currently looking out at the rain and wind and wondering if I’ll ever get into the garden again. It feels like there has been constant heavy rain for weeks. I know that’s not accurate, there will definitely have been mixes of rain and dry but because I can only […]
How to sharpen your garden tools
Comments are DisabledThose of you who know me, know I have a bit of an obsession for sharpening tools and knives. I think things should be properly looked after, properly sharp so that they do the job they are meant to safetly and well. I suspect it’s from my background in luthieriship […]
Wrapping gifts is easy… try a greenhouse
2 commentsBoy oh boy do we have a damn good chuckle to share with you guys today… this weekend… we wrapped the greenhouse. Yup, you read that correctly, we WRAPPED THE GREENHOUSE. OK let’s go back to the start… it will all make sense that way. For you guys who have […]
