Top Products to Feed, Condition and Improve Your Soil
Soil is only as good as the nutrients within it…. When we lift our produce we also lift the nutrients from the soil that the plant has used to grow. Over time and cultivation this can leave the soil depleted…especially if we leave the soil bare over winter and that...
Reduce Waste with Newspaper Seedling Pots!
Get your craft on with these super easy newspaper pots, perfect for starting seeds! When taking steps to adopt a greener lifestyle it’s not all about spending a fortune on ethical clothing brands or paying to offset your carbon. Whilst these are brilliant steps to...
Alliums: Stunning Sources of Nectar
Alliums don’t just steal the show in your garden. Their flowers also benefit insects. Bees and butterflies simply love their many individual flowers brimming with nectar. Allium: What’s in a Name? ‘Allium’ is the botanical name assigned to ornamental onions; and very...
Plants from Buckingham Palace: Top Varieties to Add to Your Own Garden
I had the enormous pleasure recently of being a Hanger On to a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Whilst I loved the truly magical experience, the incredible food as well as the pomp and ceremony of the day, what I was most excited about was the opportunity to...
The Journey of a Heritage Gardener
Top Products to Feed, Condition and Improve Your Soil
Soil is only as good as the nutrients within it…. When we lift our produce we also lift the nutrients from the soil that the plant has used to grow. Over time and cultivation this can leave the soil depleted…especially if we leave the soil bare over winter and that...
Reduce Waste with Newspaper Seedling Pots!
Get your craft on with these super easy newspaper pots, perfect for starting seeds! When taking steps to adopt a greener lifestyle it’s not all about spending a fortune on ethical clothing brands or paying to offset your carbon. Whilst these are brilliant steps to...
Alliums: Stunning Sources of Nectar
Alliums don’t just steal the show in your garden. Their flowers also benefit insects. Bees and butterflies simply love their many individual flowers brimming with nectar. Allium: What’s in a Name? ‘Allium’ is the botanical name assigned to ornamental onions; and very...
Plants from Buckingham Palace: Top Varieties to Add to Your Own Garden
I had the enormous pleasure recently of being a Hanger On to a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Whilst I loved the truly magical experience, the incredible food as well as the pomp and ceremony of the day, what I was most excited about was the opportunity to...
Runner Bean Trench
Runner beans go rampant in the Summer, spreading tall and wide (as I found out when I didn’t secure them properly!) and because of this they are also really greedy, hungry plants. This year on our new plot we’ve worked to give them a head start using a trenching...
Top Herbs for a Homebased Apothecary
*This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission. Thanks. Nature provides us with so many useful herbs that we use in cooking but more than that so many can support our health and wellbeing. But building an...
Jobs in The Kitchen Garden: January
I don’t consider myself a fair weather plotter (well maybe a little!) but there won’t be many days that I will be venturing out onto the plot in January. In reality the ground on our plot will be mostly waterlogged or frozen so even a bit of therapeutic digging is...
Preparing Your Soil For Winter
*This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission. Thanks. The British winter can be tough on your garden. It is cold, unpredictable, and wet, complete with frost and potential snow, all of which can have a drastic...
Know Before You Grow
For years, soil testing was the preserve of “science geeks” who relied on £10 pH meters that, curiously enough, tended to give a different reading each time they were used, and devised planting strategies with often mixed results. Meanwhile, the majority of us just...
How to Grow Basil
Basil is a staple ingredient in our house as we make a lot of Pesto based dishes, especially during the Courgette glut in July. We’ve found a great Courgette Pesto recipe here! We propagate Basil in pots all year round and always have one pot in use while another is...
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Top Products to Feed, Condition and Improve Your Soil
Soil is only as good as the nutrients within it…. When we lift our produce we also lift...
Reduce Waste with Newspaper Seedling Pots!
Get your craft on with these super easy newspaper pots, perfect for starting seeds! When...
Alliums: Stunning Sources of Nectar
Alliums don’t just steal the show in your garden. Their flowers also benefit insects....
Plants from Buckingham Palace: Top Varieties to Add to Your Own Garden
I had the enormous pleasure recently of being a Hanger On to a Royal Garden Party at...
Runner Bean Trench
Runner beans go rampant in the Summer, spreading tall and wide (as I found out when I...
