Fruit
Tomato blight: How I’m dealing with it
Tomato blight is the boogeyman of tomato growers, especially here in the UK. Our humid climate makes it the perfect environment for blight to take
Eli 12th September 2023
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Flowers
Will it survive the frosts? Hardiness ratings for your plants
As a youtube gardener, my garden is shared with a worldwide audience of keen gardeners. We share information, learn from each other and get to
Eli 4th September 2023
Flowers
5 top tips for winter growing and the seeds I’m sowing
I know a lot of you guys are excited to try your hand at growing food and flowers over autumn and winter, so let’s talk
Eli 4th September 2023
Gardening
Harvest and cure onions for long term storage
While it’s true that you can harvest and use homegrown onions at any point, regardless of size, if you want to store your onion harvest
Eli 6th August 2023
Fruit
The Great Pepper Pruning Adventure: navigating the Ups and Downs of Summer Pruning
Pruning is always a scary topic, especially if you are relatively new to gardening so this is your advanced warning that today there is going to be some serious pruning going on. Buckle up because we’re diving headfirst into the wonderful world of summer pruning for bell peppers!
Eli 16th July 2023
Gardening
How I deal with aphids in the greenhouse and garden
There are certain topics (or questions) that I can always expect at certain points throughout the year, and May until August is always about aphids
Eli 25th June 2023
Flowers
What you need to know about mulch
Mulch, in the simplest terms, is a layer you add on top of your garden soil. There are lots of benefits to adding mulch to
Eli 11th June 2023
Gardening
Self-watering in the greenhouse
We’ve made no secret of how much we love and how successful our current self-watering planters have been over the last 8 years. We have
Eli 9th June 2023
Gardening
Florida Weave: supporting tall tomato plants outdoors in Scotland
Building a florida weave tomato trellis using bamboo canes and string is easy and cheap and provides amazing support for growing both determinate bush tomatoes and indeterminate cordon tomatoes.
Eli 5th June 2023
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