The Metropolis Veg Patch: So that was 2021
Hampstead Heath ponds frozen over in FebruaryWell, there she goes … goodbye to 2021; a bittersweet 12 months nonetheless one which I will keep in… The Metropolis Veg Patch: So that was 2021
The Metropolis Veg Patch: The Winterlude
Fully glad New 12 months and welcome to the Winterlude – the ‘dormant’ part of the yard 12 months and a great time to be… The Metropolis Veg Patch: The Winterlude
Herbs, the Wolf Moon, and the first snowdrop
Last week, at half earlier 4 inside the afternoon, I realised that it was nonetheless daylight … and I observed my first snowdrop. Now that… Herbs, the Wolf Moon, and the first snowdrop
Goodbye Storm Moon, Hey Worm Moon
Harvested this morning – love that Peppermint Chard!The folklore establish for February’s full moon turned out to be very apt with Storm Eunice howling all… Goodbye Storm Moon, Hey Worm Moon
Revisiting an immune boosting tea from the herb yard
And, lastly, there was tea …It’s most probably a bit early for the entire herbs on this tea to be on the market throughout the… Revisiting an immune boosting tea from the herb yard
April inside the Veg Patch
After a winter that appeared to go on for ever, I’ve barely started sowing and it already feels similar to the summer season season solstice is… April inside the Veg Patch
Enhancing and re-nutrifying my clay primarily based soil with PeatFree mulches
Peat primarily based composts will in all probability be banned for residence markets from 2027 although commerce growers can use peat primarily based merchandise until… Enhancing and re-nutrifying my clay primarily based soil with PeatFree mulches
The Metropolis Veg Patch: Prunella
As quickly as as soon as extra, Prunella vulgaris, aka Self Heal, has returned to the veg patch with renewed vigour. It’s a perennial, an… The Metropolis Veg Patch: Prunella
Carry On sowing! Crops for autumn, winter and previous to sow NOW
It has been a fairly disastrous 12 months for veg rising in my patch and this morning, late July, it feels positively autumnal. (Not in… Carry On sowing! Crops for autumn, winter and previous to sow NOW
Mid August inside the gardens
What’s occurring inside the yard this month ? Weeds, weeds, weeds! That’s what. And spiders … so many spiders. And because it feels similar to… Mid August inside the gardens
medieval herbs for proper now’s gardens, with the cloisters’ carly nonetheless
WHEN MOST OF US think about rising herbs each spring, what we most definitely put into our procuring cart, whether or not or not from… medieval herbs for proper now’s gardens, with the cloisters’ carly nonetheless