Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – The October Harvest Joe Hind November 26, 2019 In the News, Producers I expected this to be my final entry for 2019 and that the allotment would, by now, have wound down for the Winter. Surely such cold and short days would bring everything to a standstill? No sir, not at...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – The September Harvest Joe Hind October 8, 2019 In the News, Producers 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,...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – August Joe Hind September 13, 2019 Producers 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...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – June 2019 Joe Hind June 24, 2019 Producers 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...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – late April 2019 Joe Hind May 4, 2019 General 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...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – early April 2019 Joe Hind April 15, 2019 In the News, Producers 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...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – Early March 2019 Joe Hind March 6, 2019 Food 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...
Top tips for protecting your tender plants from frost this winter Scotsman Food and Drink Staff October 19, 2017 In the News, Producers 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...
Inspiring tips for growing your own organic garden Scotsman Food and Drink Staff March 31, 2016 Producers 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...
14 Edible plants you can grow indoors Scotsman Food and Drink Staff January 12, 2016 Producers 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...
