Really good seedlings are an important part of an abundant garden. If your seedlings are strong and healthy, the grown ups will be too. It takes a bit of dedication to pull off, but its so wonderful to watch seeds curl up out of the soil and to grow into robust little guys. You wont […]
My Favourite Growing Frame
By | LastUpdated November 27, 2023
Tomatoes and beans need tall, solid support – 1.8m is minimum to get the full potential out of the crop. Fully grown, these crops are weighty. They need something robust that’ll stand up to wind and a weighty crop. Reinforcing mesh, the sturdy stuff they lay when concrete is poured – is the bees knees. […]
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 […]
