How To Grow Vegetables in Hay or Straw Bales: Straw bale or Hay bale gardening are really types of Container, or perhaps Raised Bed gardening idea's, that are certainly growing in popularity...
The Brick Potato Planter - Was It Worth It? Back in may I posted a little experiment with a loose brick-built potato planter. This is following the technique of planting a few potatoes near the...
Never Transplant carrots! If ever there was any doubt as to the wisdom of transplanting carrot seedlings, then the following pictures should put these doubts to rest :) I transplanted some...
Constructing A Pallet Composting Area: Composting to be sure is perhaps not the most exciting or romantic aspect of growing your own vegetables - but without a good understanding of compost...
The Cabbage White butterfly The scourge of vegetable gardeners is without doubt the 'Large White' butterfly ( Pieris brassicae). This is often confused with the 'Small White; butterfly which in...
Dryad's Saddle Shelf Mushroom OK, just a quick post on this fantastic mushroom I found while out walking the other day. Commonly known as Dryad's Saddle or Pheasants back mushroom (...
