Tag: potatoes

I received some Broad Beans in any case!

Regardless of the devastation wrought upon my Broad Beans by the Blackfly, I nonetheless managed to salvage just a few beans! Those from the Blackfly-damaged mattress are the shorter, fatter lighter-coloured ones seen on the left within the photograph under. They’re largely “Witkiem Manita”, as a result of the “Specific”…

What am I rising this season. Half Three. – SARAH THE GARDENER

What am I rising this season. Half Three. Deciding to develop much less after a lifetime of rising extra generally is a little difficult. But when I proceed to do what I’ve all the time achieved, I’ll all the time get what I’ve all the time acquired and in our…

Seasonal abstract from my backyard

It’s moist, depressing and chilly right here in Manchester at the moment (not as chilly correctly although), so I believed I’d write a abstract weblog of how our backyard’s flourished this 12 months. Contemplating the acute climate at occasions, the gardens’ fought again boldly, with some vegetation doing higher than…

Mark’s Veg Plot: Nonetheless battling the Blackfly

Not content material with decimating my Broad Bean harvest, the Blackfly have moved on to my climbing beans – Runners, French and Borlotti – which at the moment are infested with the damned issues. I’ve been doing my finest to maintain them beneath management, however I admit I’m dropping the…

Lastly flowers

My good friend Maria and I’ve a behavior of consoling one another with the phrases “this too shall go” when issues aren’t nice, and generally lamenting the passing of nice moments too. I used to be reminded of this now that my flower borders have lastly burst into bloom. It’s…

We Made A Backyard, Half 2

Right here’s extra on the home and backyard we purchased in 2005 (and – spoiler alert – left in 2010). Beware – Grumpy Terrier The entrance backyard of the cottage was, as you may see, overgrown after we arrived and clearing the undergrowth was a significant process. However hey, I…

Depart Plant Residue within the Backyard if “diseased”?

Half 1 of a collection of Posts In my final submit What are You Doing With Completed Vegetation? there have been many nice questions and feedback that might add invaluable data to the submit. Since many individuals don’t verify feedback, I’m doing a collection of posts to reply questions, repeat…

Backyard checklist for September – SARAH THE GARDENER

Issues I need to obtain in September 24 August was a little bit of a proper off. With 2 weeks travelling after which a submit journey lurgy that‘s nonetheless lingering, not rather a lot acquired crossed off my August checklist, so the brand new checklist has a variety of previous…

My small SFG-CSA | The Rich Earth

I’ve had a lot enjoyable this spring and summer time rising the tastiest issues ever. And preparing to have an excellent fall and winter backyard. I’m in a position to develop sufficient in my 184 sq. ft of backyard house to offer 3 native eating places with issues and 4…

Rising Potatoes in Raised Beds in 2024

Rising Potatoes has acquired to be about one of many best greens to plant in your raised mattress backyard. In fact, every thing that I plant is an heirloom natural as a result of there’s simply no manner I’m going to assist help Monsanto and their genetically modified nightmares. I…

Rising flowers and greens collectively – uncover the brand new pattern for edimentals – The Center-Sized Backyard

June twenty ninth, 2024 Posted In: Backyard developments & design Edimentals is a brand new time period for rising flowers and greens collectively. Gardens in the present day are sometimes too small to have a separate ‘veg patch.’ After all, conventional vegetable rising received’t match into your herbaceous border. For…

Surviving The Lengthy, Sizzling Summer time – The Pissed off Gardener

As soon as once more, expensive pals, my makes an attempt at posting extra continuously have been thwarted: not this time by work, however by the sheer quantity of watering we’ve needed to do to maintain the backyard and allotment rising. 2022 has damaged all data when it comes to…

Fixing soil contaminated with persistent herbicide (killer compost remedy)

Earlier than we purchased our new farm the entire place had been sprayed with persistent herbicides. This has meant that our soil has actually struggled to develop vegetation effectively. How can we find yourself with contaminated soil from persistent herbicides? Persistent herbicides could make their approach into your soil in…

March 2023 — Monty Don

PlantingAlthough March is commonly too early to plant out tender younger seedlings it’s a superb time to plant woody shrubs in order that the roots can begin to develop earlier than the calls for of latest foliage grow to be too irritating and that is very true of any bare-root…