Not every blue flower is unwelcome in the garden – there are some real beauties at the moment that...
6th April 2017 • Read More »The ‘Terrain’ late cropping peas and mangetout ‘Sweet Horizon’ that I was given to trial by ...
13th November 2015 • Read More »The greenhouse tomatoes are coming to an end – but what an end with four giant Brandywines. I’v...
5th October 2015 • Read More »Every now and again I do manage to follow my own advice and get things done at the right time of ye...
11th March 2015 • Read More »Having the heated propagator in the greenhouse has made all the difference to my seed sowing. No mo...
6th March 2015 • Read More »With the right conditions, tomatoes do love to grow and if you haven’t got going yet it’s not to...
25th April 2014 • Read More »I know I do bang on about it, but autumn sowing of hardy annuals in a greenhouse or coldframe really...
9th January 2014 • Read More »It’s a new one to me – I was in the greenhouse watering the tomatoes when I noticed that the le...
10th September 2013 • Read More »As - what I am assured by the Met Office is the last snowfall - drifts past the window, I’m resol...
5th April 2013 • Read More »I’ve started sowing salads of varying sorts in my cold greenhouse and a couple of warm days has ha...
12th February 2013 • Read More »The ranunculus that I planted in pots at the end of November are on the move despite the cold and th...
27th January 2013 • Read More »I was resigned to a really poor crop of tomatoes, but it’s amazing what a few days of sunshine ca...
4th August 2012 • Read More »I spent a very productive afternoon in the greenhouse listening to Radio 4 and restoring order. New...
12th February 2012 • Read More »I love anemones, and none more than the cerise-flowered La Sylphide and the rich blue Mr. Fokker. I...
11th February 2012 • Read More »When I tasted Strawberry Malwina at a press event last year, I knew it was a variety I had to grow....
9th February 2012 • Read More »The early October sowing of sweet peas is coming along nicely. I’ve followed Sarah Ravens advi...
27th November 2011 • Read More »Rather than leave a clump of cyclamen seedlings at the mercy of the builders boots, I transplanted t...
21st November 2011 • Read More »It doesn't seem like a year since my last seed harvesting. I’ve saved quite a lot of seed this...
19th November 2011 • Read More »The tomatoes in the greenhouse are providing us with pickings every other day. Just about enough...
27th August 2011 • Read More »The tomatoes have all set four trusses and I have pinched out the growing tips as they are bumping ...
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5th June 2011 • Read More »I’m very disappointed with my first sowing of the much-heralded new blight-resistant tomato ‘L...
18th March 2011 • Read More »The latest issue of Gardening Which includes trials carried out re-using growbags and potting compos...
9th November 2010 • Read More »The tomatoes are romping up their supports with second or third flower trusses opening. Like last y...
19th June 2010 • Read More »I’ve sown the first gutter of peas in the greenhouse. With a couple of brackets fitted to the ...
16th February 2010 • Read More »It took until early afternoon for the gate through to the greenhouse to unfreeze so that I could ta...
21st January 2010 • Read More »In the greenhouse: I’ve sown Hungarian razing rye green manure in the border where the tomatoes gr...
12th November 2009 • Read More »I’ve been taking cuttings this week – rosemary, lavender, dianthus. The rosemary was a present f...
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