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Friend or Foe -Wasps (15th)

Friend or Foe -Wasps (15th)

Us gardeners should love our wasps as much as our bees. Often given a poor press, wasps both social and solitary act to our benefit. Wasp larvae are carnivorous. The adults...

Friend or Foe -Wasps (15th)

Us gardeners should love our wasps as much as our bees. Often given a poor press, wasps both social and solitary act to our benefit. Wasp larvae are carnivorous. The adults...

There's still time to sow - Peas and Beans

There's still time to sow - Peas and Beans

There is nothing like a pea fresh from the pod or a meal of freshly picked dwarf or climbing beans. If you, like me, have only just realised how fast...

There's still time to sow - Peas and Beans

There is nothing like a pea fresh from the pod or a meal of freshly picked dwarf or climbing beans. If you, like me, have only just realised how fast...

"Knee-deep in June"

"Knee-deep in June"

Everything is flourishing but it important to keep sowing too for new vegetables and salads to crop later on (succession panting). Keep sowing your salads - mixed leaves, radishes, spring...

"Knee-deep in June"

Everything is flourishing but it important to keep sowing too for new vegetables and salads to crop later on (succession panting). Keep sowing your salads - mixed leaves, radishes, spring...

Spring planter with orange wallflowers and deep blue hyacinths and pansies

Starting with Containers and Pots

Picture a cobbled mediterranean street with pots of bright red geraniums up the narrow steps of a white painted house, melons cradled in there supports on a city balcony or...

Starting with Containers and Pots

Picture a cobbled mediterranean street with pots of bright red geraniums up the narrow steps of a white painted house, melons cradled in there supports on a city balcony or...

Spotlight on Sweetcorn

Spotlight on Sweetcorn

A much loved vegetable providing both colour and fibre to a meal. Available as tinned, frozen and fresh or ultra fresh and sweet if you grow your own and can...

Spotlight on Sweetcorn

A much loved vegetable providing both colour and fibre to a meal. Available as tinned, frozen and fresh or ultra fresh and sweet if you grow your own and can...

Succession Sowing and Cropping

Succession Sowing and Cropping

Following on from the celebrations of the succession to the throne of King Charles III it is possibly a timely reminder to think about succession crops and be prepared tp...

Succession Sowing and Cropping

Following on from the celebrations of the succession to the throne of King Charles III it is possibly a timely reminder to think about succession crops and be prepared tp...