I feel like every week I comment that we are busy in the garden, but in all honesty, we are always busy because there are always jobs needing done. It may not always be the glamour of the greenhouse or of sowing new crops but it needs done. This has […]
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Shade in the greenhouse
Comments are DisabledShading the greenhouse is commonplace in warmer sunnier climes, but as I’ve said. It’s not something I’ve ever even thought about, because, well… I’ve never seen sunlight strong enough to cause my plants any problems. However, this year the weather has been all over the place. So you may not […]
Eat, Sow, Grow: July in our vegetable garden
Comments are DisabledJuly is awesome. Not just cause it’s party month (my birthday and our wedding anniversary) but because July is usually the month of abundance in the vegetable garden with beetroot, courgettes, peas, blueberries, strawberries, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and loads more. This year has been a tad more exciting than […]
Gardener’s question time: I brought in some allotmenteers to answer your questions
Comments are DisabledThis week I’ve been working on something special. A few weeks ago I asked if you had any questions you wanted to send in and I’d do my best to get you some answers. Well you asked loads of brilliant questions and to be fair, my knowledge and experience only […]
Homemade composting: getting usable compost from the hotbin
Comments are DisabledSo in this week’s video, we are answering some questions that came in about our compost process. We posted some funny wee videos on social media recently, just for a bit of fun but unexpectedly they generated a whole heap of questions about my composting process. So I thought I’d […]
Out enjoying the sunshine
Comments are DisabledBeen a bit exciting this week as well as a wee bit nervous. We’ve been having some lovely weather and things in Scotland are starting to open up again, so yesterday we had a fun day out in Edinburgh. Luckily I’d managed to get this week’s video update for the […]
Slugs be gone – the battle for my sunflowers – will slug rings make a difference
Comments are Disabledhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rniKSLQHQTc I think the battle with slugs and snails is universal just now. Gardeners everywhere are trying to keep tender new plants from being eaten. I know I’ve seen so many folks online devastated at the damage being done to newly planted sunflowers, us included. It’s infuriating, I’d taken all […]
We’re building a bean frame, which is harder than you think when you are of diminutive stature
Comments are DisabledIn this week’s garden adventures, it’s time to check on the Kelvedon Wonder peas and see how they are going and it’s time to plant out our Cobra green beans. Both these sets of plants are sharing a bed because they are both vertical growers, generally needing a structure to […]
Poorly courgettes, happy tomatoes, and bushy peppers – today in my greenhouse
Comments are DisabledWell after the recent scare with the tomatoes looking a bit poorly, I thought it was time for a greenhouse check-in… and it’s all looking good. And, thankfully, there’s a wee bit more space in there just now thanks to the turn in the weather and the much more summer-esk […]
It’s May and it’s all change
Comments are DisabledWe’ve been doing the monthly garden updates for a while now, a few years in fact, but it’s really struck me this month, just what a difference there is between this year and last, in terms of May. May is the month that we usually see the garden burst to […]
