I am not someone who readily does as they’re told. Ask my mum. You know those annoying children for whom every other sentence is “Why?” Well that’s me…
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We’ve grown plants in plastic pots since the 1960s or thereabouts: and within that half century or so they’ve infiltrated every garden, every shed…
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Hello again! Here we are in mid-February already and I’m getting that all too familiar feeling of the year speeding up – January just drags and drags…
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The best email to pop into my inbox all year is the one from the Heritage Seed Library announcing the launch of the members’ catalogue for the coming…
I was joined by my little friend in the garden again yesterday. Every gardener has one: a little shadow flitting from hedge to fencepost to fork handle…
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Hello to you all! Have you had a happy week? I am much more cheerful this weekend as the rain has dried up – at last! – so I have been out gardening all…
Hello everyone! How has your week been? I hope it’s been a bit drier than mine – my fingertips are permanently shrivelled into prunes it’s so wet, and…
Ever wondered where the seed you sow actually comes from? I always thought (as much as I thought about it at all) that it was grown and collected in…
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...about raising out-of-season crops the sustainable way
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Masterclass: How to sow tomato seedWatch now (4 min) | Is there any act of hope quite so optimistic as sowing a seed? It never gets old: the anticipation as you place each seed on damp…
...and waiting for spring
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...and living a growing life
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