The Heritage Hoes

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

Featured, Grow Your Own, Herb Highlight

*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

Grow Your Own, Tasks By Month

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

Grow Your Own, How To Grow

*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...

The Journey of a Heritage Gardener

Lovely Lavender

by Nat | Flowers, Grow Your Own, Herb Highlight, How To Grow, Plants A to Z

This is my all time favourite “herb”, although technically not a herb I’ve put it in our Herb section because it’s used so often in herby preparations! It feels right! I always have a compulsion to cut Lavender and hang it but I confess it mostly stays hung forever...

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Hello I'm Nat and Welcome to The Heritage Hoes! Here you'll find out what it's like to be a gardener at Historic properties from myself and others. Find out about what and how we grow with garden tours, how to's and stories from the garden.