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The weather has made this a difficult year for gardeners. The prolonged drought and cool summer caused stress to many plants and reduced yields. As usual there are winners and losers. We cut back the number of potatoes planted this year from two 15ft x 4ft (4.6m x 1.2m) to just one bed because last [...] With the days getting longer and the constant reminders that it is time to start sowing seeds anybody would think that spring has arrived. There are endless articles in magazines about what to grow this year and last weekend one garden writer said it was time to sow tomato seeds. While this is perfectly possible [...] There seem to be some misunderstanding, and not a little controversy, about how to make and use comfrey liquid fertiliser. A recent article in the Sunday press by a well known gardener stated that making comfrey tea was an easier option because it did not need to be diluted. In his book “Comfrey past present [...] There are yet more frosts forecast for us this week. Some forecasters are saying the temperature could go as low as -4C! Cover anything that is tender especially exposed potato tops or they will be damaged and wait for summer. The cold weather is retarding out asparagus crop which did suffer damage last week. Shame. [...] There has been much debate on TV and elsewhere as to the ‘official’ start of spring. Some say its March 1st while others argue its March 21st. It’s all a bit academic as the soil here is too cold for sowing seed and there are still sharp frosts at night. Gardeners should know their own [...] There is nothing like a sensational headline to attract attention. According to a recent article in The Telegraph tomtaoes are amongst a group of plants that trap insects, kill them and let their bodies fall to the ground where they decompose and add to soil nutrients. That is clever but not quite like eating them. [...] This idea has been around for some time and while there are many ways to grow potatoes in containers this system has some advantages. The first is that it is set on soil so the tubers can root as deeply as they want. Second, by using a wooden box with removable sides it is easier [...] I updated the results from the square metre bed trials yesterday, click here. While the amount of food produced from such small beds is impressive I think greater yields are possible. The soil in this part of the garden is still very heavy clay which has not had the amount of organic matter it really [...] Since the new site was launched earlier this year the number of visitors has increased dramatically reflecting the huge interest in growing food. This is good to see and provides encouragement to carry on. There are many plans for the coming months including an electronic newsletter, more garden trials and a series of short ‘how [...] I have now dried and stored the onions from the square metre bed. The end result was 68 onions weighing 8.6 kg (18.92 pounds.) Last year I predicted that it would be possible to get 10 kg (22 pounds) of onions from a single square metre bed and the results show it is possible. Both [...] |
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