Fruit
Saving Seeds from Your Tomatoes and Bell Peppers
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
Eli 25th September 2023
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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
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
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
Gardening
The March greenhouse, sowing tomatoes, peppers and dahlia
It’s been a hard year so far, after my decision to hang back from early seed sowing and instead wait for the promise of warmer
Eli 19th March 2023
Gardening
Growing tomatoes outdoors in Scotland
Most tomato growers in Scotland grow theirs in their greenhouses because to be honest, our weather is unreliable in the spring and summer months and
Eli 25th February 2023
Gardening
Everything you need to know about growing tomatoes
This week I’ve started the first in a series – so for all you tomato growers or would-be tomato growers, this is for you. This
Eli 31st January 2023
Gardening
Stop! You don’t have to sow seeds yet.
We’re having some fun with a serious topic today. Looking at social media feeds just now makes it look like everyone is sowing all of
Eli 15th January 2023
Gardening
Plant those suckers: free tomato plants using the side shoots
I’ve thrown caution to the wind folks… I had this carefully thought out plan to grow tomatoes outdoors in my garden this year. In Scotland…
Eli 26th June 2022
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