Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May be out, as the saying goes. But when the sun is shining and the seedlings are thriving and hardened off, it’s hard to resist the urge to plant a few out, even though the…
Long time, no post… The back injury that kept me out of gardening for so long did nothing to stop me torturing myself by reading about it all the time. Finding myself up and at ‘em at a time of…
Your fruit and vegetable harvesting might be winding down, but it’s nice to know there’s bounty literally falling onto your garden – Autumn leaves. If anything makes up for the schlep of raking leaves, it’s leaf mould – nature’s home-made…
Sorry to interrupt you while you’re eating, but…Most gardeners love September. It’s the time your harvest really starts coming together – sure, August sees the beginning of all your favourite gluts,but you spend half the time worrying about blight…
Ninety-five per cent water, five per cent sugar and 100% in my garden… Not really holding out much hope, I sowed two ‘Minnesota Midget’ melon seeds into pots in late April. Having started them off indoors – in my hot…
Who knew?A vegetable that comes with an injury warning… ‘Cyclanthera explodens’, to give it its’ official Latin name is a relation of fellow South American the Achoca. While both taste very like a sweet green pepper when fried up or…