If you feel that your garden is sending you to sleep, you are probably right!
Start off Onion Sets
Onions are so easy to grow and don’t take up much space in the garden so they are perfect for a beginner to try and a simple activity to do with children. It will be great to look forward to later in the year, when you will be pulling fresh onions right from your own garden.
Grow Pea Shoots on Your Windowsill
Self-isolation should not stop you from being able to grow and harvest fresh greens to add to soups, salads, sandwiches and smoothies! Growing microgreens on your kitchen windowsill is quick, easy, rewarding and so good for you nutritionally! It's also an easy activity to do with children!
A Six on Saturday in Uncertain Times
It's a sombre week in the world as we all come to grips with the reality of our current situation. How we manage over the coming months will test us all but never more so than now, will we appreciate our gardens!
No Better Time to Grow Your Own
In these very troubling times and before we get to stage of lockdown, try to get to your local garden centre this week and pick up some seed potatoes, onion sets, a packet of peas or beans and a couple of packets of easy grow seeds like lettuce and spinach.
Velvet Leaves Solve the Toilet Roll Shortage
In the current 'toilet roll' shelf shortage, I'll be fine with my supply of soft, velvety leaves from the Calathea rufibarba!
The Top 10 Coolest New Things in the Gardening Industry!
This week saw the garden industry gather in London to showcase to the gardening media their newest, coolest products, gadgets, plants and inventions! With over 100 exhibitors, there was plenty to see, chat about and play with.
Five Things Kids Taught Me about Gardening
If you have ever had your own or a group of children, attempt to do some gardening, you will appreciate that it is highly rewarding, generally chaotic and infinitely amusing!
