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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Okra and Bitter Gourd
This year as you know I have been experimenting with my new unheated greenhouse. I have never used a greenhouse so this was a first for me. As spring began I thought that the greenhouse will be perfect to house the tomato and chilli plants this year. Well, we started off with the best of […]
All In A Queue Now
The days are becoming brighter and warmer and the queue of young seedlings is getting longer if not crowded! It feels like just the other day when I spotted the first peek of green after having planted my seeds for a variety of vegetables. Little did I realise that this was going to cause an […]
Seedlings, seedlings everywhere!
Little bits of green peeking through the otherwise bare surface of the soil ..no better excitement than this I can assure you! Whether they are the tiny shoots of basil or the larger ones belonging to the mighty beans, it is always a joy to welcome seedlings into this world. Gone is the sunshine which […]
More Sunshine, More Seeds
With March becoming warmer, it beckons for more spring planting indoors and with the sun shining this week I cannot resist starting more of my seeds off! I have Chard, Perpetual Spinach and Dwarf Beans that I planted last year and have had such success that I am looking forward to some more harvests this summer. […]