It’s the psyllid season. With a potential to wipe out up to 80% of your gorgeous tomato crop it’s an important pest to understand. Managing psyllids takes a bit extra, but come on guys – it’s tomatoes were talkin’ about! Are they worth it? Hell yeah! 1. Know the signs. Yellowing tips; curling under leaves; […]
Taking your soil’s temperature
By | LastUpdated August 30, 2014
Oh joy, the greenhouse soil has hit 15 degrees. This means she’s ready to germinate beans (there’ll be green beans for christmas!) For such a cheap and simple tool a soil thermometer makes a major difference. In order to sprout, seeds all have a sweet spot for a particular degree of warmth. For example beans […]
How to grow garlic
By | LastUpdated November 2, 2023
Once upon a time, garlic was planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest – how I loved that tradition! But life is change and now we plant as early as poss to get bulbs to a good size before rust, a fungal disease, hits. Plant garlic anytime from May through August. Spread […]
Simple Summer Plum Cake
By | LastUpdated January 31, 2024
Gardeners are so busy at this time of the year. Add a job and a few kids to the mix, and cake baking, which should be near the top of the priority list languishes way below. Here’s the world’s most simple cake, especially for you my friends – I know you’re busy and I know […]
Mineral Rich Comfrey: A Garden Essential!
By | LastUpdated October 12, 2023
Edible gardeners are mad keen about comfrey because she gathers and shares such mineral riches: silicon, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, iodine… and more besides! This accumulation of minerals comes up from the deep, via a set of licorice like tap roots that open and aerate soil and create nutritious greens on top. A wonder plant […]
