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You’ve sowed the seeds. Now it’s time to plant tomato seedlings into their own pots. Tips on pricking out tomato seedlings, planting them into individual pots, and growing them on using grow lights. Includes an instructional video at the end This is part two of the Growing Tomatoes from Seed Series. The first piece is…
Homegrown tomatoes from seed to bountiful harvest Tips on growing tomatoes from seed. Covers where to get heirloom seeds, how to sow them, benefits of growing from seed, watering and temperatures, and the best compost to use. Includes two instructional videos. This is the first part of the Growing Tomatoes from Seed Series. It continues…
The trick to growing pumpkins is to choose the right varieties, prepare the soil and to start with purchased seeds. Here’s more advice on how to grow pumpkins the easy way. by Rachel Guy-Whittle Autumn holds a special place in my heart for a wealth of reasons, but if I’m really honest the big one…
Wood, wire, and eyelet screws are all you need to build a simple blackberry trellis. This is an inexpensive way to grow thornless blackberries in the vegetable garden. There’s a video showing how I built mine at the end of this piece. As the garden winds down for another year you might be thinking about…
suA different kind of walled garden A tour of a prison vegetable garden, a look at how the produce is used to feed inmates, & how the program is used in the prison’s resettlement program. Full video at the end Some years ago I was wandering around the Sulby horticultural show when I overheard an…
Alpine Strawberry plants produce tiny sweet berries Tips on how to grow alpine strawberries. These fruit plants are either wild strawberries or closely related to them and produce tiny red berries. The first time I came across alpine strawberries was as a seed packet at a garden show. I’d always grown strawberries from runners or…
Water-saving tips for the vegetable garden and container plants including when to water, how to hand water, using ollas, collecting water, & recycling water This piece is in partnership with Gardena, Europe’s leading brand of high-quality gardening tools. After a long, cold, and wet winter Britain is baking in summer sunshine. Here on the Isle…
Preparing the Garden for Summer Planting a Gardena Vertical Planter, an update on seedlings growing at home, and planting the sweet peas in the allotment garden. This piece is in partnership with Gardena, Europe’s leading brand of high quality gardening tools. They sent me their NatureUp! vertical planter to try out and I’m ridiculously excited about…
This is the best way to plant a strawberry pot is to take precautions against erosion, drying out, and choosing the best compost. Full video at the end. When you plant a terracotta strawberry pot you do it with high hopes. Visions of juicy berries spilling from each opening and delighting friends, family, and yourself…