Potato harvest begins
On the weekend we started digging up the 1st and 2nd earlies. Yes, we could have started digging them up earlier, however they were planted quite late (mid-May), so I held off starting to dig them up to soon. Or …
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Oxford Sow & Grow launched
I have just launched my little business, Oxford Sow & Grow, which offers gardening advice and support for beginners. I’ve found from chatting to visitors at Barracks Lane Community Garden and when running the recent women’s gardening workshops, that there …
Harvesting
After yesterdays garlic harvest, today I collected kale, peas and some beetroot, plus the last of the broad beans. Thanks to Kevin’s trusty bike trolley, it’s no problem getting the food home from the lottie. Home! And here is today’s …
Garlic harvest 2011
Today I finally harvested the garlic. And here I am, tired (it’s bloody hot out there*), but happy with the harvest. The picture below shows them drying on racks. Yes, I have cut the stems short, I won’t be plaiting …
Garden visit: Bryan’s Ground
For some time I’ve wanted to visit Bryan’s Ground. I’ve read about it in gardening magazines like Gardens Illustrated and RHS’s The Garden. And I’ve read other gardening bloggers experiences of visiting, such as VP’s back in May, where she …
The garden from an alternative perspective
I was playing around with my new camera whilst lying down on the grass in my stonewall garden. I found it was a very interesting way of looking at the garden. my arch, with Rosa Seagull climbing over it a …
Broad bean harvest
I finally managed to get to the Lottie on Sunday and wow, what a broad bean harvest. I collected 6 kilos of broad beans! This equalled 1.5 kilos once shelled. I’m afraid I cannot show you the lovely broad bean, …
Too busy to garden
I’m just so busy at the moment with work that I’ve barely had a chance to do any gardening for the last couple of weeks, apart from tying back some tomatoes and pinching out the side growth. On the plus …
Chelsea 2011: my visit – the Great Pavillion
The show gardens and the designers get a lot of attention at Chelsea, but of course they would be nothing without the plants. I always enjoy visiting the Great Pavillion, where nurseries display their plants in some very creative ways. …