Hints & Tips
Sow Resilience
Posted 5 years, 8 months agoBe resilient this year by sowing all sorts of different vegetables, and even trying something new. It could become your new favourite, which is what happened to us when we first grew crookneck squash (Cucurbita pepo) one hot dry summer…and had a bumper crop. We’ve sown crooknecks every ......
Pets in the garden
Posted 6 years agoPets are part of the family, so include them in your garden plans![img90]...
Hedge fun
Posted 7 years agoHedges are versatile, beautiful, sustainable, fashionable..and a big investment. Do you want edible, native or evergreen? Tall or short?[img82]In this photo we're planting a hedge of totara (Podocarpus totara). Totara is slower to establish and a little prickly, but makes a nice thick hedge and depe......
Don't make me sick
Posted 7 years, 1 month agoSpot, rot, rust and mould…if you had brown peaches or rusty celery this summer, you wouldn't be the only one.[img80] ...
A Seat at the Table
Posted 7 years, 5 months agoPlanting a successful summer vege garden takes a bit of forward thinking. Similar I imagine, to planning an important dinner party. Who grows well together? Which one needs support? And what about that character who tends to smother its neighbours? Not to mention dietary considerations....
its time to pinch out the tips of broad beans to encourage bushy plants
Posted 11 years, 7 months ago