The month of ‘All Systems Go’ every thing suddenly starts to burst in to growth as the soil warms up and the suns strength increases. On an allotment or in the vegetable garden this is probably the busiest month of the year for the serious vegetable gardener. Its all too tempting to sow all the [...]
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April in the veg plot
Apr 6
March in the veg plot
Mar 2
This month has to be the most difficult of the vegetable growing season, yet one of the most enjoyable. Trying to time seed sowing, so the plants are ready when the worst of the frost has gone is an art form its self. I try and combat this by sowing quite small quantities of seeds [...]
February in the veg plot
Feb 6
So UK gardens have just suffered the coldest December/January since the winter of 1981/82 and Scotland was bathed in its lowest temperatures since records began in 1914. But look on the bright side, the slug, snail, aphid, root fly and wire worm populations should all be a little less this year with any luck, and [...]