REMEMBER MY ADVICE – IF YOU’RE SHORT OF TIME, JUST GET THE SEEDS SOWN! YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH EVERYTHING ELSE LATER, BUT IF YOU DELAY, THEN IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR SOME CROPS OR THEY MAY BE DISAPPOINTING….. TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN! (Or woman!) Funny how we spend so much of our… Continue reading What to sow in March – 2024
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What to Sow In February – 2024
Sowing home-saved, or non-F1 hybrid, open-pollinated Heritage seeds and supporting independent, organic seed companies ensures diversity in seed supply, and will provide plenty of food for us, bees… Continue reading What to Sow In February – 2024
How to Mend Damaged Polytunnels – and Temporarily Reinforce Greenhouse Glass
As I write this, I’m listening to yet another named storm raging over us – this time it’s Storm Isha! I first posted this on the blog about 10 years ago, but I’ve decided to update it again, as it helps to take my mind off my own polytunnels and stops my eyes from constantly… Continue reading How to Mend Damaged Polytunnels – and Temporarily Reinforce Greenhouse Glass
What to Sow in January 2024
First, I would like to wish you all a Very Happy, Healthy and Productive New Growing Year! Why not make 2024 the year when you discover the joys of saving your own seed? It isn’t complicated to do and can give you some useful food security. Think about it when you’re doing your seed… Continue reading What to Sow in January 2024
What to sow in December – 2023
Kitchen table Sprouted Seeds and Microgreens for winter salads – easy to grow for super-nutritious salads all year round in small spaces Inside or in the polytunnel On the kitchen windowsill you can sow some fast-growing sprouting seeds – or ‘microgreen’ baby salads. They’re super-nutritious and easy to grow in small trays of organic compost or paper towels – just as… Continue reading What to sow in December – 2023
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023
Mid-November salads in the polytunnel – an example of homegrown plant diversity – with 38 different varieties of leaves which you could be eating now if you had sown them in August and September Including – Growing Super-fast Microgreens, Plant Garlic in Tubs for an extra-early, disease-free crop, Sustainable, Planet Friendly Growbag Gardening Diversity is strength – in the… Continue reading NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2023
What to Sow in November 2023
“Remember – always sow the seeds. You can catch up on everything else – but if you get behind on that, there’s nothing you can do about it.” Do it NOW…. Every day the light is getting shorter, and growth is slowing. In the UK and Ireland, we are still facing some uncertainty of vegetable supplies due to Brexit and unpredictable… Continue reading What to Sow in November 2023
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2023
What a change in less than three weeks – and not just the weather, but on my blog too! Here, on the County Dublin/County Meath border in the north-east of Ireland, on our windy hill just a few kilometres inland from the Irish sea, during the first week of September, only three weeks ago, we… Continue reading SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2023
What to Sow in September 2023
“Remember – always sow the seeds. You can catch up on everything else – but if you get behind on that, there is nothing you can do about it.” …. That means do it NOW! Every day, light is getting shorter and growth is slowing. – In the UK and Ireland we’re once again facing uncertainty of some food supplies… Continue reading What to Sow in September 2023
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