The Vegetable Plot – February
Roots, brassicas and others in Sprout-kale Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors named February ‘Sprout-kale’ since cabbages and...
Sowing
Lawn Care: Questions & Answers
Q. What are the sowing rates for a new lawn? A. The suggested sowing rates...
The Vegetable Plot – June
After the frosts… Didn’t we have some cold weather and late frosts in May? Then...
The Vegetable Plot – May
Sow by now It’s time to reap the rewards of your earlier sowings and harvest...
The Vegetable Plot – April
Sow here we go Succession sowing will see you in vegetables through to autumn and...
The Vegetable Plot – March
The old sow and sow Maincrop onions sown in drills with plenty of farmyard manure....
This Month in Your Garden – February
‘…you have such a February face, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?’ ~William...
The Vegetable Plot – August
Cut-and-come-again August is a month for both harvesting and sowing on the vegetable plot. Crop...
The Lawn Care Guide – July
New lawn blues A new lawn can often run into trouble early on for a...
The Vegetable Plot – May
And sow on Succession sowing brings you a plentiful and regular supply of fresh vegetables...
This Month in Your Garden – April
‘Sweet April showers Do spring May flowers.’ – Thomas Tusser, A Hundred Good Points of...
The Vegetable Plot – March
Sow far, sow good If you would like a supply of celery from October onwards...
Cuttings
deadheading
drought
Evergreen
fuschias
Hanging Baskets
In Your Garden
lawn
potatoes
rain
seed
September
Shrubs
Sowing
This Month In Your Garden – September
“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures…”– Henry David Thoreau...
Buddleia
Clematis
delphiniums
heleniums
herbaceous
March
Michaelmas Daisies
oriental poppies
Planting
Sowing
This Month
winter shrubs
This Month in Your Garden
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant” – Anne Bradstreet...
artichokes
Asparagus
Aubergines
Beetroot
carrots
cucumbers
May
Peppers
runner beans
Sowing
The Vegetable Plot
The Vegetable Plot – May
Keep on sowing Gardening should be as much a pleasure as eating the fruits –...
Lawn Care: Questions and Answers
Q. I have prepared a seed bed for a new lawn. What are the sowing...
This Month in your Garden – June
But Shakespeare also says, ’tis very silly to gild refined gold or paint the lily’....
The Vegetable Plot – April
Get sowing now A good place to start your vegetable sowing is with peas but...