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

Vegetable Garden Aug/Sept 23

Contents: How to grow your own Nutritional Gold Dust – the world’s most valuable spice – Saffron…. Planning 3 months ahead is the way to have healthy food all year round….. Sowing salad crops in modules now means the best conditions for germination….. Growing your own means zero food miles, fresher, cleaner and cheaper too…..… Continue reading Vegetable Garden Aug/Sept 23

The Polytunnel Potager – August/September – 2023

Contents: A Growbag Gardening – a Flexible Way to Grow… Tomato Memories and New Discoveries…. A gloriously abundant but hectic time in the polytunnel!…. Growing new potatoes for Christmas….. Barely controlled chaos!….. Aubergines, Peppers and Tomatoes….. How to get a second crop of Climbing French Beans from the Same Plants!… Time to think about winter… Continue reading The Polytunnel Potager – August/September – 2023