I am a huge fan of beans, and most especially French beans aka fine beans (bit of misnomer as many are imported to the UK form Kenya these days!). I think I was at least 12 years old before I’d…
Are you lucky/unlucky enough to have a garden or allotment with heavy clay in the soil? Or just mostly clay like my allotment?! Well, you’re in a lucky/unlucky situation. Heavy clay is, yeah let’s be honest, very difficult to work…
The very beginnings of this blog, way back in 2008, covered my original square foot garden I started as a mature student in the back yard of our rented house. I had just about 22 square feet to use and…
Kale is fast becoming the superpower of the brassica world. You can’t seem to go anywhere without the mention of a kale smoothie or a bag of kale chips in the air. So how is it that this once disregarded…
Intro How and When to Sow celery and celeriac (celery root) Best varieties of celery and celeriac for the allotment or market garden Growing care, pests, and diseases of celery or celeriac When to harvest celery and celeriac Ah, the…
Composting in the garden at home, or in the allotment, is an easy and environmentally-friendly way to get rid of kitchen scraps and other raw food waste. It is also FREE soil improver for your own use and can help…
Where would we be without garlic?! The fantastic, pungent, sometimes sweet, or spicy veg that’s terribly good for you (and not just for repelling vampires) is one of the most indispensable food items in anyone’s kitchen. It’s antibacterial, antifungal, and…
Ah, where would we be without onions? After potatoes, they are the next crop I think about growing for my family. We use spring onions and bulb onions every day in our cooking, so we tend to grow copious amounts…
Everybody loves seeing a nice selection of pumpkins outside the hosues in October. We don’t celebrate Hallowe’en in our house, but we love to see all the different shapes and sizes and carvings at that time of year. Pumpkins are…
A staple of my ancestors for generations, the humble spud should be on most people’s list of easy crops to grow. It’s also one of the most productive plants, yielding many potatoes from just one original ‘seed’ sown. Potatoes are…
