Not one, but two garden tours this January – one on the 13th, 9.30 – 12 and one on the 27th, 9.30 – 12. Both on a Monday morning. What a great kick start to your week! I’ve gone boutique styles (heaps less people), with these tours which makes them cost a bit more, but […]
How to Pick and Store Plums
By Leave a Comment | LastUpdated January 1, 2020
There’s a small window, a perfect moment when fruit is ripe for picking. The only way you catch it is by keeping an eye on your crops. With a plum, I reckon it’s just before it hits the ground. Pick your plums when the skin has that gorgeous dusky bloom on it and when the […]
How To Grow Beetroot
By 4 Comments | LastUpdated December 1, 2019
Beetroot is such a sweet crop. Virtues abound for the grower and the cook. Beets are undemanding on the soil, grow quickly, not bothered by pest or disease, use hardly any space and get on well with everyone – all in all easy peasy … or is it? Some of you are having beetroot traumas. […]
The Genius of Living Mulch
By 3 Comments | LastUpdated December 1, 2019
Soil that’s undercover, hums with life. In this cool, moist environment mineral exchange and immunity are high. Whether mulch is inert – hay, straw, woodchip or living – or a living cover of plants, doesn’t matter. I use a mixture … either way works. Though living mulch has a few trumps – diversity and all […]
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