Apr 19
The government is carrying out a wide ranging review of local authorities statutory duties. One of these duties is to provide land for the use of allotments, if there is sufficient call from local people. As we all know some local authorities have a very unique way of interpreting their obligations to people, so [...]
Mar 31
What a month! Never know a March so warm and dry, hardly any rain what so ever.The day time temperature has been in the middle to high teens most days (a lot higher in the sunshine), although we had some cold nights, this lead to some wild max-min temperatures in the cold greenhouse. The settled [...]
Either through the cold weather, rain soaked ground or just lack of enthusiasm, the first two months of the year are usually none events with regards to gardening in my neck of the woods. On the odd fine days, essential maintenance on the compost bins got finished, the chicken hut got a thorough cleaning, in [...]
1 Early Digging If you intend to sow or plant in spring, the time to start digging is late Autumn or early winter, when the soil is not overly wet and sticky. Choose a spade that is the right size for your height and strength. Insert the spade blade vertically in to the soil, not [...]
Nov 5
Although the days are shorter and colder, and working in the vegetable garden may have lost some of the appeal that it had in summer, any work carried out on the veg plot in November will save twice as much when spring arrives. Vegetable Garden Weeds will continue to slowly grow for most of the [...]
Local horticultural shows have been on the decline for many years in some areas, and even with the revived popularity of ‘Growing Your Own’ lots of gardeners seem reluctant to venture near, which is such a pity. If you’ve never been to a local horticultural show I think that you would be pleasantly surprised at [...]
This is an information-packed reference book for anyone wishing to grow their own edible garden, whether they have space only for a few pots on a balcony or a dedicated vegetable patch. Elegantly designed and lavishly illustrated throughout with step-by-step, ID and landscape photographs, it also features a detailed plant directory. Herb and Vegetable Gardening [...]
This classic DVD contains archive footage of Robert Hart, the founder of Forest Gardening, who some forty-five years ago had a vision of planting a small food-producing forest, which could fulfill the needs of a healthy diet and at the same time create a beautiful and ecologically sound environment. He based his ideas on tropical [...]
