These potatoes were grown in a shallow square foot garden and produced an amazing crop Raised beds are indeed an excellent choice for growing potatoes, the loose soil/compost mix creating a...
Category: Growing Vegetables
What is a Polytunnel? This is basically a structure made up from metal loops and covered with a layer of polythene. That of course if the basics but as you may expect it gets a lot more...
Introducing No Dig Gardening This is sometimes called no-till gardening, partly to distinguish the difference between that and traditional ‘row’ gardening, where heavy hand or mechanical tools...
No-Dig gardening is called such because it does not involve the usual 'heavy lifting' with spade and garden implements that ordinary row gardening methods use There are many different methods or...
Companion plantings of some kind have been practiced throughout agricultural history. Some of the earliest written documents on gardening discuss these relationships. Early settlers...
Having a rich and full supply of good compost is every budding gardeners dream - or at least it should be! Compost has many uses, but mainly it is all about feeding the plants be they vegetable,...