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It’s that time of year so let’s talk about planting garlic. Garlic 101: A Quick Introduction Garlic (Allium sativum) is not only a staple in the kitchen but also an excellent addition to your garden and super easy to grow. When it comes to planting garlic, there are a few […]
Let’s save seeds from this year’s tomatoes and bell peppers so that you don’t need to spend vital pennies on new seeds! Whether you’re an experienced gardener or a newbie, it’s easy to do, and we’ll break down the seed-saving process into simple steps that even a 12-year-old can master. […]
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 hold and many of us who grow tomatoes have to deal with early or late blight. For the first time, Kate and I joined that […]
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 about what I’m going to be doing. Mid-August to early September is a great time to get going, the soil is still warm, summer crops […]
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 so that you can still be enjoying your produce months from now, there are a few key steps you need to be aware of. When […]
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!
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 your garden but there are also a few downsides you should be aware of so you can choose what will work best for you. What […]
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 3 quadgrow units in the greenhouse which we use to grow tomatoes, peppers and aubergines and we’ve even grown various herbs in them. They have […]
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.
If you have grown plants indoors or using heat and grow lights in order to get a jump start on the season. Then the next step before you transplant them out into your garden is to harden them off. It sounds like a traumatic, complicated thing, but really it comes […]
