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Category: herbs
Dividing or splitting plants (perennial herbs)
Sharing is caring, right? Well did you know that you can split some plants into multiple pieces and hey you’ve got extra free plants to use or share with people to show them you care? Now, this might sound scary but it’s actually really easy and we did it this week with some of our… Read more
Dwarf or patio tomatoes, perfect for outdoors in a colder climate like Scotland
I’ve been blogging and vlogging about tomato growing in Scotland for some years now. The big learning from it all has been that the size of tomato you choose to grow can make the difference between huge harvests of tasty tomatoes or frantically googling recipes for fried green tomatoes or green tomato chutney on a… Read more
Simplifying composting for the first time composter
I’ve been making my own compost at home for years now, but I still don’t consider myself an expert. Mainly because there is so much you can learn and so many interesting and amazing things you pick up along the way so you are never an expert. However I do know from experience that you… Read more
Should I prune my pepper plants?
So we have our first update of our pepper plant pruning experiment and we also have our first update on the overwintered pepper experiment. Part 1 Back in September last year, I began this experiment with the peppers we had grown and which were now at the end of their season. Normally we chop them… Read more
Creating your gardening journal (my tips)
I’ve been thinking a lot this season about how we can make our gardens better and I truly believe that if you change this one habit you can make your garden the envy of all your friends and make you a much better gardener… 110% I believe that some form of gardening journal is the… Read more
What’s hot and what’s not in our spring gardens
It’s mid-April and the changes in both gardens are absolutely stupendous. The gardens are absolutely springing to life, full of colourful spring bulbs, blossoms on the trees and vegetable beds bursting with food. Join us on a walk around both our gardens and we’ll tell you what’s going on, what’s changing and the issues we’re… Read more
It may not feel like it but there are lots of positives in the garden just now
The last few weeks are a bit of a thing in the gardening world where we fool ourselves into thinking its spring (we don’t really fool ourselves at all we just try to) and expect the garden to be luscious and beautiful because it’s spring. But the truth is, it will be at least a… Read more
Dont Kill Your Seedlings: Potting on for Beginners
In this week’s bumper of an episode, you’ll see my amazing acting skills (even if I do say so myself) as I recreate the drama that caused me to kill most of my pepper, tomato and aubergine seedlings. And…… I’ll take you through pricking out and potting on. It’s super simple but I think other… Read more
Can I sow older seeds? Seed viability test
As always January for us is about getting ready for the coming season, usually beginning with the day in the warmth of the indoors, with a cuppa and a biscuit browsing seed catalogues and websites deciding on what we are going to grow in the coming months. There will definitely be tomatoes, but what type?… Read more
How to sterilise your seed starting mix, potting mix or compost
When we put a wee snippet into our video showing you how to sterilise your potting mix, we didn’t expect the response it generated. Another one of those wee things I had assumed everyone knew how to do or at least knew why they might choose to do it. Boy did I get that wrong.… Read more
My homemade seed starting mix
You absolutely don’t need to fork out for expensive seed starting soils or mixes from the garden centre. If you need more than a small bag, it’s much cheaper to make your own and it’s very, very simple and needs only a couple of ingredients. As always there is a video link below to our… Read more
The useful information on garden seed packets & catalogues
The darker, colder winter months are when gardeners all yearn for spring. But for the thoughtful gardeners, this doesn’t have to be a void where there is no gardening to be had. Instead, on days when we can’t be out working in the garden, we could instead be doing our preseason training… getting ready for… Read more
What seeds to sow in January
Seeds to sow in January and yes, there are seeds that can be sown in January, even here in Scotland. But… the but is important, as it’s good to have a little bit of knowledge before you get stuck in. It may just help to make sure that your seed sowing is a success. To… Read more
6 different ways you can make your own garden compost
You guys have been with my through my journey from using a traditional compost pile to getting my hotbin composter going. Well today I have a treat for you. I’ve brought 6 friends onboard to talk about they compost methods they use, 6 of them. Because you never know, one of these methods may be… Read more
Creating a plan for sowing and growing in your garden
It’s December which means it’s cold and dark and wet in our garden, but that doesn’t mean the fun stops. No no no. In fact, I have a list of jobs that need to be done that are specifically put aside for those cold wet days, because they can all be done indoors, either in… Read more
The ultimate garden tour and update
This week we are going for a real indepth tour of our gardens. We’ll show you all our favourite spots and tell you our thoughts about why we planted them up the way we did. And of course, along the way, we’ll update you on all our winter growing in the garden and greenhouse. Grab… Read more
Planting out spring bulbs and we’re even planting onions this year
Lots of plans for the garden this weekend, but… the weather wasn’t on our side. What should have been a wee hour ended up being spread over the entire weekend but we got there. We’ve added loads of spring bulbs to the garden, including more tulips, quite snazzy ones. More alliums, in a range of… Read more
Composting in a city backyard
We’re talking composting a lot at the minute because, well firstly being November, it’s that time of year where as gardeners, we start to think about getting the soil in our beds and containers into tip-top condition for next year. And that means a lot of compost to replace the organic matter and nutrients that… Read more
I’ve been gardening wrong all this time and it’s time to fix it with succession planting
This week I’m sharing a video inspired by a conversation with one of our newer subscribers about how they felt like they were mocked in some of the online gardening Facebook groups because they didn’t know all the right jargon. And this is something that really annoys me when armchair experts ruin the fun so… Read more