Top Tips for Planting Brassicas in Summer
Summer is a great time to get your sprouts in the ground for a Christmas crop, or plant cauliflowers and cabbages to grow for a winter harvest, or swede and…
Summer is a great time to get your sprouts in the ground for a Christmas crop, or plant cauliflowers and cabbages to grow for a winter harvest, or swede and…
Making pesto is a wonderful way to use some of your homegrown herbs and greens – it doesn’t always need to be basil… our recipe throws in some spinach and…
If you’re growing potatoes, you may find that a reasonable amount of space opens up once you harvest them in the next few weeks. Here are some ideas for following…
I planted up a whole load of pots with lovely flowering plants from a local nursery – they have all since died… I think they just got a bit too…
We are still in planting season – there’s a mistaken belief that everything needs to be planted out in spring, but there is so much to plant now, and doing…
In my garden, I have often had problems with blackfly on globe artichokes and on broad bean plants, but never on chard. I was very surprised, therefore, to see that…
This month in the kitchen garden tends to be a busy one, whether you’re tending to a well established plot or nurturing newly planted veg crops… You may have plenty…
One common source of confusion in the veg patch is when plant leaves turn yellow. It often happens with beans, courgettes and squashes and can usually be rectified quite easily….
This is a very common sight for growers of chard and other leaf beet, like perpetual spinach. It is the work of the leaf miner, and it’s not a disaster,…
If your veggies start to rot at the blossom (flower) end, like this tomato pictured, then please don’t panic. You may have lost that particular fruit, but you can save…
Even if you are growing your brassicas under netting, it’s worth doing a check for caterpillars as we move through summer. Be sure to look at all your brassica plants –…
Here are some top tips for looking after your veg patch when water is scarce… Water early in the morning, or at dusk – If you can water at these…