Tagged gardening

The start of Autumn marks the end for many crops. On the plot, plants which produce flowers for flying pollinators are firmly in retreat. For months they willingly served up dozens of tomatoes, cucumbers,...

What a fantastically productive and colourful month on the plot! With a little help from yours truly, we enjoyed a dramatic display. It’s like someone twisted the accelerator on the motorbike of growth...

Managing an allotment presents an inescapable analogy for other areas of my life. Like my children and pets, the plot takes up vast amounts of time and effort and does not respond well to being left alone...

With incredible foresight, I dedicated most of my last entry to vulnerable seedlings. Since then, on a day that shall forevermore be known as “very warm Sunday”, all but four of the 200 seedlings in my...

There are few things so delicate as a newly emerged seedling. Even a misfired watering can be catastrophic to their feeble stalks. I will be responsible for nurturing over two hundred over the coming weeks...

Firstly, Happy New Year! Yes, I know it’s March and no, I’m not a hedgehog. I mean happy new growing year. We have made it to Spring, the point of renewal, where nature blooms all around. Buds in...

As the weather cools down, plants will need covering, bulbs will need lifting or mulching and extra winter protection given to tender specimens which will have to be brought indoors if they are to survive the...

Summer is on its way after what feels like an endless winter, the nights are getting lighter and flowers are beginning to blossom. With 300,000 acres of garden land and allotment space in the UK, the...

Maintaining your very own vegetable patch can be difficult - even more so if you don't have a private garden. Luckily, for many edible plants all you need is a sunny spot indoors. Instead of shelling out at...

These days most people are beginning to enjoy the benefits of growing their own food. Giving themselves access to the freshest fruits, vegetables and herbs as well as the unrivaled satisfaction and feeling of...