Wet and Drying
How it must look to my neighbours is anybody’s guess. On weekday evenings I can frequently be found out in the garden in complete darkness, fumbling about with a flashlight […]
Tag Archives: green manure
Late season flourishes
Broccoli – what a waste of time. Oh, hang on… A while ago I more or less wrote off the broccoli I’d carefully tried to grow since the spring. The […]
Dry, freeze, eat, prepare
Oh let me assure you Mr. Bond, I intend to control the world’s supply of rosemary.. I would post a photo of the rosemary plant in my herb bed but […]
Green groundwork
I’m a big fan of green manure, not just because it’s far more pleasant than the real stuff. The closely packed leafy plants would normally have little place in a productive […]
Seasonal Snow
We had a great fall of snow in North West England last night, the evening of Boxing Day. A good layer quickly built up and coated the veg garden at […]
Mighty Mangetout
How can my mangetout still be flowering a few days before Christmas? Is it just not cold enough? Like last year, approaching the end of 2014 we’ve had a few […]
