Why we’re offering a limited autumn range
What an interesting growing season it has been this year! Gardeners and farmers across the UK have all suffered the effects of a very cold start to spring and then…
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How companion planting has worked for me
I have never seen so many bees and butterflies in my veg patch. It’s brilliant!! In the mornings, the garden really seems alive, with bees popping in and out of…
Summer Herb Management
To keep your herbs producing lots of lovely leaves, you may need to do a spot of pruning. Alternatively, let them flower and enjoy seeing the bees flock to your…
How to grow perfectly shaped carrots
If you’ve harvested your carrots lately only to find that they look a bit, well, blobby and mangled, then the answer lies in better soil and better spacing. There’s still…
Harvesting onions, shallots & garlic
There’s something deeply satisfying about pulling up a crop of onions (or shallots/garlic) and leaving them out in the sun to dry, but it’s an important job to do too…
Dealing with gluts
Are you drowning in courgettes? Are the tomatoes getting on top of you? Lots of people have more veg than they know what to do with at the moment, but…
Next year I want to be better prepared for the heat
Aside from the football the conversation of the hour seems to be the hot summer that we’re having, and among my gardening friends, how dry the soil is. I too…
Watering Advice
We’ve received a few emails from customers wondering how often to water this summer, so we thought we’d pop together a few pieces of advice… Water early in the mornings….
Why you should use a mulch
We think that most avid gardeners would agree with us on this one important point – using a mulch is SO good for your plants and one of the best…
Feed your plants
With the hot, dry weather that we’ve had you may find some of your plants need an extra boost. It’s quite easy to make a quick home brew that will…
Mole tunnels in my beds!
Over the winter I saw a few mole hills popping up in the veg patch. I did a little research back then anyway, but it turned out not to be…
My carrots have split their sides. Why?
Sometimes when you harvest your carrots, you may find that they have cracked up. Not in a “that was hilarious” kind of way, but in a “we got a bit…