Are you thinking about planting onions in your garden this year? Good choice – they’re an absolute staple in so many meals in our house and last year I discovered just how easy they are to grow. Last year, however, I grew using something called s…
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Making mini polytunnels to protect your winter veggies
So maybe you are just tired of your plants getting trashed by frost and ice during the winter months? Or maybe you are trying to steal an extra few weeks of growing from mother nature. Either way, we’ve been doing a wee experiment in the garden t…
What do gardeners do all winter?
At least 3 times this month, someone has said to me, “You must be glad now it’s winter and you don’t have to tend the garden all the time.” Which if it wasn’t so funny would be infuriating. OK maybe infuriating is a bit strong a term but you know, it’s…
Growing Dahlias: a simple guide
I love dahlias. There I said it and I don’t care that they are supposedly unfashionable cause they are gorgeous and every garden should have them. Ok so now the confession is out of the way, let’s talk about growing dahlias and I’ll t…
Instant gratification gardening
A trip to the garden centre this weekend has done us the world of good. The weather has just been horrendous for ages and the garden is just a wet mess and if that’s not bad enough, it’s time to lift the dahlias for over winter storage which means ther…
Making winter growing easier in my greenhouse
For most of the year, I love my greenhouse. It’s set up perfectly the way I want it and it works outstandingly. Don’t believe me, just pop along to any of our youtube videos and see just how much produce my one small greenhouse produces ove…
Using different growing areas to provide winter growing protection
The excitement of winter growing for harvest is in full swing now that we have little plants to actually plant out into the garden – and yes I know some of you guys find that idea terrifying… but stick with us. As well as planting out, I…
5 top tips for winter growing and the seeds I’m sowing
I know a lot of you guys are excited to try your hand at growing food and flowers over autumn and winter, so let’s talk about what I’m going to be doing. Mid-August to early September is a great time to get going, the soil is still warm, summer crops a…
Shakshuka from our homegrown veg
Quite often the recipes we use involve a bit of a tweak to accommodate whatever veg is fresh from the garden, and we have a few go-to recipes that are very easy to tweak. One of these is our version of shakshuka. So if you’ve not heard of shakshu…
Busting the myth about pruning your peppers
We started this experiment way back last year, in September but it was a whopper that took a full season afterwards and we have only just now, been able to give you the results. For those of you who haven’t been following along with us on our jou…
Making wooden garden planters for our flowers
Sometimes it absolutely astounds me just how expensive ready-made garden beds and planters are, especially given that making your own is way easier than people think. You guys have already seen us make our huge raised beds, but this week we’ve gone sma…
The big pepper growing experiment: will I change how I do things?
This year we’ve had two experiments going in the garden, the first one being the tomatoes that are growing outdoors and the second the peppers in the greenhouse. The pepper experiment is actually a bit more complicated and has a few variables so if you…