The Vegetable Plot – November
Dig that! An old gardener (he was in his nineties) interviewed in a well-known TV...
Dig that! An old gardener (he was in his nineties) interviewed in a well-known TV...
‘New Year’s day is everyman’s birthday.’ Charles Lamb January is named after the Etruscan word...
Q. I want to create a new lawn in the spring. When can I start...
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” Margaret...
We circle with the seasons: Alfred, Lord Tennyson A wet and windy, yet mild December...
Check your list Well, the choice is yours, you can put your feet up and...
The use of Greenwich Meantime (GMT) began at 3pm on 25 September 1676. Asters are...
Mad as a March hare The old English term, traceable back to the sixteenth century,...
Spring is in the air It can seem churlish to always blame the weather in...
Whatever the weather Welcome to the new gardening year. Even though it’s only January there...
Digging in the compost Making compost is not only the ideal way to complete the...
Crop rotation for good yields When you are digging over the vegetable plot give some...
A time to catch up? If you have been a good gardener you should have...
Your hard work in the autumn and winter months, digging and preparing borders, working in...
Keep digging! Any areas not dug over should be finished with soil still workable and...