Turning Compost

by | Oct 7, 2020 | Garden Diary, Gardening

I eventually built up the courage and decided to turn my heap of compost that I made and covered in early August. I had this job built up so much in my head, that every other task in the world was getting done first. After all of it (with a little help from my other...

October 2020 – Wildflower Seeds Have Arrived

by | Oct 7, 2020 | Garden Diary, Gardening

After digging the potatoes, the ideal opportunity to apportion some land to a wildflower meadow arose. I’ve messed with various methods of wildflowers before, in a very small way, to some limited success.This has mostly been due to: quality of starting seed...

Spuds, Spuds and More Spuds … and Some Apples

by | Sep 29, 2020 | Garden Diary, Gardening

After too many distractions over the past few weeks, last weekend saw a welcome return to gardening again, with thankfully more of the harvesting jobs and less of the mundane tasks like weeding. They are probably as difficult as each other, but a bucket of Spuds, a...

Growing Your Own Garlic

by | Sep 11, 2018 | Gardening, Moderate

Garlic, can be one of the easiest and most rewarding vegetables to grow, providing you have a moderate amount of space and some spare time in October and again in June. The rewarding part does of course rely on you actually liking garlic! Growing your own garlic can...