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…
This is the 4th of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. In today’s episode I use the bulb lasagne technique to plant my tulip bulbs. I pot up some strawberry runners to grow Read more…
We went looking for plastic free compost options and found the Bag For Life scheme run by Edible Culture for Melcourt Compost. Find out more about Edible Culture from Faversham, Kent, and how their Bag For Life scheme was so Read more…
This is the 3rd of a semi-regular series where I report on the gardening activities I’ve been performing. It will serve as a guide for what you could be doing in the garden now, and hopefully give you some inspiration Read more…
We try growing onions and shallots at home from sets. We take you through how we spaced and sowed the onion sets, through to weeding them, harvesting the shallots and onions, drying them and then storing them by tying into Read more…