Published On: August 20, 2023Categories: Growing Food
I like to be as self sustainable as possible and at the end of every season I let a few of my crops flower and go to seed, or I save the seed from the [...]
Most of us have woken up at some time or another with that feeling of regret after a night celebrating. You feel dizzy, have a raging headache and your mouth feels like the bottom of [...]
Get to know your garden and increase your yield
Published On: June 27, 2023Categories: Growing Food
I went on a local permaculture course earlier in the year and they suggested that you should study your garden for a year before you plant anything, and then make a detailed plan. Well, I [...]
Taking control to grow
Published On: May 27, 2023Categories: Growing Food
I have started getting free food every day now, and it will only increase as we move into summer and autumn. It is such a relief. Having this free food helps me feel in control [...]
How and why do we pinch out tomato shoots?
Published On: May 24, 2023Categories: Growing Food
Many people pinch the shoots out from tomatoes, but not all gardeners remove the side shoots (or suckers as they are also called). I often don’t pinch them all out as I grow so many [...]
Rhubarb brings back memories as a child of my gran giving me a stick of rhubarb and a bag with some sugar in as a treat, and me dipping it in and eating it raw. [...]
6 COMMON VEGETABLES THAT BENEFIT FROM COMPANION PLANTING.
The picture is of my basil seedlings and you might think that there are a lot (I actually have two boxes like these!) but I plant a lot of tomatoes in bucket and tubs and [...]
I have only just found out how beneficial raspberry leaves are to our general health, though I remember drinking raspberry leaf tea when I was pregnant in the early 1980s. The books of the time [...]
It has been a cold year here in the UK and many vegetables that I usually grow are very behind in their growth, despite the fact that I sowed lots of seeds in February. I [...]
Pricking out
Published On: April 4, 2023Categories: Growing Food
The excitement and exhaling of breath as seeds have germinated this year feels stronger than previously. It has been a long winter and my intention to keep my food budget low, and still enjoy meals, [...]
A free resource We were away by the coast last week and so I collected a bit of kelp seaweed for my garden as there was loads on the beach that I walked every day. [...]
8 Crops to grow quickly
Published On: March 6, 2023Categories: Growing Food
When I first started growing food, I was impatient to have something to show for my hard work and so I grew the following crops that I knew that I could harvest quickly. I was [...]
Am I sowing my seeds right?
Published On: March 1, 2023Categories: Growing Food
Is it worth growing my own food? People often ask me if growing your own food is worth is and if you save money? In the past I have always said that it depends on [...]
Reducing slugs and snails naturally
Published On: February 22, 2023Categories: Growing Food
It is so disheartening when you have grown your crops from seed, lovingly nurtured them, and then a great big slug or snail devours them over night. Slug pellets are available, and not as bad [...]
Can I still grow vegetables and herbs if my garden is shaded?
A lot of people are planning their gardens for growing some food now. You might think that you can not grow vegetables in your garden due to shade. Luckily , there are some vegetables that [...]
The benefits of starting your own vegetable and herb garden
Published On: February 2, 2023Categories: Growing Food
I think that we all know by now that supermarket prices are out of control and providing a nutritious diet for ourselves and our family is getting harder. More people are thinking of giving up [...]
Gardening is not just a hobby, a way of making your house look pretty, or a tool to save money on food. According to the British medical journal gardening prolongs life of over 60s by [...]
Crops that survive or actually improve with a frost.
I don't plant many winter vegetables as, to be honest, I like a break from all the hard work of growing food, and I am a bit of a 'fair weather' gardener as I do [...]
How to make compost at home
Published On: October 26, 2022Categories: Growing Food
The price of compost is increasing, and with the cost of living rising, it almost feels like a luxury to buy a bag of compost now. However, it is a necessity if I want to [...]
Sowing seeds
Published On: October 11, 2022Categories: Growing Food
I have sown my first seeds now that the soil that I put into the containers has warmed up inside the house. It is too cold to sow anything outside yet and sowing into cold [...]
Cheap ways to grow your own vegetables
Published On: August 13, 2022Categories: Growing Food
As I wandered around my garden last night. I felt so grateful. I have salad leaves, cucumbers, spinach, raspberries, rhubarb, peas, strawberries, chickory and courgettes, all there on hand to enhance my diet and reduce [...]
Free food grown in tubs and buckets
Published On: August 13, 2022Categories: Growing Food
At the moment I am getting free food every day. It helps me feel in control and stops me stressing about rising prices. You don't need much room. Most of mine is grown in tubs [...]
Vegan gardening.
Published On: August 11, 2022Categories: Growing Food
I have often wondered how vegans source their vegetables as a lot of those that you find in the supermarket have actually been fertilised with animal products, or been sprayed with chemicals toxic to wildlife. [...]