This is the 10th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I’m pruning grapevines and tidying strawberry plants, including removing runners. I also show my wild orchids growing in the Read more…
We went looking for plastic-free organic plant feed options and found the Bottle For Life scheme run by Edible Culture for Organic Seaweed Feed. Find out more about Edible Culture’s great way to get plastic-free organic plant feed. Edibleculture website: Read more…
This is the 9th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I am planting French Beans, with a tip to help support the canes for the French Bean plants. I Read more…
This is the 8th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I am planting zucchini (courgette) with a tip to make watering easy. I also repot some cucumber and tomato Read more…
This is the 7th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I am removing rhubarb flowers, planting Blue Hubbard Squash plants, and sharing progress with my hydroponic seeds. This video Read more…
I show how I made pallet compost bins to replace some I’d previously made out of decking boards. Those old compost bins were degrading through rotting and soil shifting. I decided to buy some old european sized pallets and build Read more…
This is the 6th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I am preparing seeds for hydroponic growing, tidying a raised bed, ready for seed sowing, and pruning a Buddleia Read more…
I show how I go about sowing seeds in trays, using my new seed trays and melcourt compost. I’ll be potting up tomato, cucumber and physallis seeds. I take you through getting the trays ready with compost, pre-watering, sowing and Read more…
This is the 5th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I do my apple tree pruning, fit a Palram greenhouse automatic vent opener, then tidy up the strawberry bed Read more…
I have a good seed Spring clean to remove unviable old seeds and make room for a new batch of seeds I’ve bought from Mr Fothergill’s. Seeds will lose their effectiveness to germinate over time, so there’s no point keeping Read more…