Heirloom varieties of summer vegetables
Ginny Clayton discovers that many heirloom varieties of vegetables can still be found today.
Category: Vegetable Gardening
Sep 20, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards: the wonderful raised garden
Wally explains how to build a simple raised garden, perfect for growing vegetables.
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 comments
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Digger Dan – July gardening tips
Digger Dan offers advice and tips on what needs doing in your garden during July.
Jul 07, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards – July is potato planting month
Wally shares information and advice on growing your own potatoes and imparts a secret technique for producing the best spuds ever.
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 comments
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Endives & Chicories
by Ginny Clayton Chicories and endives are among the Italians’ favourite vegetables – they have been around for centuries and still cannot be surpassed for goodness. They are classed as a ‘bitter’ vegetable, which are types that we need to eat to keep healthy, along with the sweeter vegetables, and contain lots of vitamins and […]
Apr 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards – getting ready for winter
Now is the time to prepare ourselves and our gardens for winter. We are prompted by advertisements and common sense to prepare for the coming short daylight hours and the cold that winter brings. We endeavour to make ourselves and our homes “as snug as a bug in a rug” by getting in the firewood, […]
Apr 12, 2011 | 2 comments
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Wally Richards – Worms: the gardener’s little helper
It’s a fact: earthworms are the greatest garden helpers you can have. The more worms you have in your garden, the healthier your plants will be. Sadly many gardens are lacking in earthworms and often the reason for this is because water soluble fertilisers have been used such as Superphosphate, General Purpose Fertiliser, Rose Fertiliser, […]
Apr 12, 2011 | 0 comments
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Digger Dan’s April Gardening Tips
The Fruit & Vegetable Garden Pull out spent tomatoes, bean vines and corn etc. Plant winter cabbages, caulis and other members of the Brassica family – it’s best to dig through Living Earth Compost to break up compacted soils and help retain moisture. Avoid high nitrogen fertilisers as they can encourage sappy, weak growth – […]
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 comments
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