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Conditioning The Soil: This weekend’s glorious weather allowed us 2 full days of gardening. Things that happened: [read more]
Making The Most Of The Weather: As you probably noticed, the sun came out today! I made the most of the opportunity to take the tarps off the garden furniture, clear up the mess a... [read more]
Patio Pots: April’s Gardener’s World has a great feature on patio pots. Something we saw there that we’d not though about before was mixing up herbs with flowe... [read more]
The Growhouse Is In Play: This weekend Spring arrived with a great big sunny smile. I spent some time cleaning and tidying the patio (those black polythene bags are potatoes... [read more]
Chilean Firebush: In 2005, I took a trip to Patagonia, where I saw Chilean Firebush plants all over the place. Since then I have vaguely looked around for a plant fo... [read more]
Our Potato Kit Is Here: The Patio Potato Growing Kit we ordered from Gardener’s World a couple of weeks ago has arrived: [read more]
A Cucamelon Has Appeared: 19 out of the 20 Ildi tomatoes that I planted 19 days ago (and 3 from 10 of the 100s and 1000s) have now sprouted, but I’ve grown tomatoes before s... [read more]
We Have Seedlings: A week ago I planted some seeds. Just checked the propagator, and 4 or 5 of the Ildi tomatoes have already sprouted. [read more]
First Planting Of The Year: We took a trip to Crews Hill yesterday, where I made my first gardening purchase of 2015: a propagator and a small selection of seeds. I planted th... [read more]
Making Preparations: Spring is impending, and we’ve started planning what we’re going to do in the garden this year. Thus far we’ve already received 3 seed catalogues, ... [read more]