Late summer and autumn are a great time to be saving seeds for sowing the following year. Seed saving is one of the easiest jobs in the garden. Simply remember to pick a few spent flowers or well-ripened vegetables. Top Tips Pick the spent blooms or ripened vegetables on a dry day. Even better if […]
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My Gardening Journey – where it all began!
To kick start this new series I am going to give you an insight into my own gardening journey! My gardening journey began as a child … I have a photo (must dig it out one day!) taken when I was very little with pigtails, with my great grandfather in the garden. My great grandfather […]
Mung Bean Sprouts – Grow Your Own An easy way to growing your own bean sprouts at home
Mung bean sprouts are very easy to grow at home as they take very little effort. I grow these mung bean sprouts all year round as they are a family favourite. It takes 3 to 4 days to sprout and do their thing! Most Asian grocery shops, supermarkets health food shops and online companies sell […]
Summer Greens
The garden is thriving in the heat this summer! We have been watering and harvesting endlessly as the sun shines on this season. The greenhouse which protected the young seedlings and plants with such caring endeavour is now almost empty as all the tomatoes and chillies have migrated. With the heat beating down for days […]
Cobra and Dwarf Beans
In the middle of summer with all the days and nights of rain we’ve been having, there are green pickings ready for my kitchen …beans, beans and more beans!! Cobra beans have been racing up the very crude support made for them from bamboo canes and some string. They don’t seem to have minded the […]