by Sue Jeffries | Feb 1, 2019 | Edible, Grow Your Own, seeds, Vegetables
How early can I start sowing vegetable seeds? We all get impatient for winter to end and the growing season to start, but it’s not a good idea to sow your vegetable seeds too early. Seeds sown into cold, wet soil without enough daylight are likely to rot (or...
by Sue Jeffries | Dec 31, 2018 | Fruit, Grow Your Own, Herbs, Plant Propagation, seeds, Vegetables
Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables You can always make space for a fruit, vegetable and herb area – however small your space. The satisfaction and extra taste you get from home grown produce will be worth the effort required. In the winter it may seem that...
by Sue Jeffries | Nov 2, 2018 | Beds & Borders, Grow Your Own, Mulching, Soil improvement
Feed your soil We are often encouraged to apply feeds and fertilisers to plants in our garden. However, mulching can create the basic foundation for happy and healthy plants by improving the soil. If you’re lucky, you may have a garden with beautiful crumbly...
by Sue Jeffries | Sep 13, 2018 | Grow Your Own, Herbs, Scent, Wildlife Gardening
Herbs in the Garden Herbs, rather than short-lived flowers, can provide fragrance all year round in the garden with their aromatic, often evergreen, leaves. Brush past a mint or sage plant or rub the leaves of lavender or thyme between your fingers and the herb leaves...
by Sue Jeffries | Sep 7, 2018 | Grow Your Own, Plant Propagation, Seed collecting, seeds
Seed Collecting Your garden, and other green spaces, are constantly producing seed from their existing plants. Flowering plants strive to reproduce and spread themselves by a range of different means. However, seed production is one of the most successful as the...
by Sue Jeffries | Feb 23, 2018 | Beds & Borders, Edible, Fruit, Grow Your Own, Vegetables
Late winter/early spring is a good time to get prepared for the new growing season. It is an ideal time to get your beds and borders ready for planting. Raised beds are becoming increasingly popular with gardeners as they are easier to maintain than ground beds and...
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