“Remember – always sow the seeds. You can catch up on everything else later – but if you get behind on that, then there’s nothing whatsoever you can do
about it.” …….. (A great piece of gardening advice I was given many years ago) 

This year, due to a serious accident in January, I shall just star...

Seeds of hope

Sowing home-saved, or non-F1 hybrid, open-pollinated Heritage seeds and supporting independent, organic seed companies ensures diversity in seed supply, and will provide plenty of food for us, bees and beneficial insects.

It will also give us more self-reliance and resilience, help to ...

Recycled loo roll middles make great ‘modules’ packed together in a recycled mushroom box for early sowing of root crops Carrot seeds sown into the top of loo roll ‘modules’, covered with a pinch of Vermiculite, then with a polythene bag to keep moisture in

Carrots sown in loo roll middles 21st Jan. – pictured 27th Feb. These are planted out when first ‘true’...

Kitchen table Sprouted Seeds and Microgreens for winter salads are easy to grow for super-nutritious salads all year round in small spaces

Inside or in the polytunnel

On the kitchen windowsill you can sow some fast-growing sprouting seeds – or ‘microgreen’ baby salads. They’re super-nutritious and easy to grow in small trays ...