Tag Archives: Thompson and Morgan

Oct

2012

Farmers Pick Fight with Gardeners

Posted on October 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

I know it’s been a bad year for everyone who is growing things, but I’m not sure that it helps for farmers to put the boot in and blame the poor potato harvest on people who grow-their-own. According to them we are to blame for the spread of blight. Fortunately Thompson & Morgan has mounted a stout defence of those that prefer to grow their potatoes without a weekly dose of fungicide spray and pointed home growers in the direction of the blight resistant Sarpo potatoes. We have grown them very successfully for several years and MORE →

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Sep

2011

Pale & Interesting

Posted on September 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Thin-skinned cucumbers

Cucumber ‘Delizia’ is a new variety from T&M with a very thin, translucent skin, a good flavour and a juicy but firm texture. Not only that, but apparently it will banish the burps!

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Aug

2011

Press Day at Thompson & Morgan

Posted on August 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

It was Thompson & Morgan’s Press Day on July 27th. We garden writers get to wander among the trial beds and are introduced to the new varieties of flowers, fruit and vegetables for next year. Although the aesthetics of the floral display beds are not to my taste (far too many clashy colours alongside one another), it is an ideal opportunity to see how the plants grow in the ground and there are always interesting introductions that catch my eye. I did find one colour-themed bed to photograph!