Winter can be quite depressing for gardeners. It’s cold, dark and damp. Depending on where in the world you live, you may also suffer what feels like constant rain too. And yet, despite all the misery associated with winter months, there is a positive – being able to grow some vegetables throughout the winter months!…
When I first moved to the country I currently call home, I was gifted some plant cuttings by a stranger. A little odd you might think, but I was grateful having grown up surrounded by plants both in the house and the garden. This stranger advised me to keep the cuttings in water and I…
We’ve looked at quite a few garden pests recently, and today I wanted to cover snails. Mostly because the wet winter months are taking place and with it come the usual high numbers of slugs and snails. When I am back in the UK visiting family, I see the snail situation from two sides: I…
I love asparagus. It’s one of my favorite vegetables after brussels sprouts and cauliflower, but it has such a short season that most of the time I feel like I catch the tail end of it, often seeming to miss its availability at the local veggie market. With my limited garden access, I’m embarking on…
I love brassicas. They’re great vegetables and make me feel fab when I’m eating them. In fact, I’ve been known to have dozens of brussels sprouts on my plate several times a week during the colder months, I’m that much of a fan. And this year, I’m attempting to grow my own brassica veggies. In…
I’m currently living in a location which has no garden, so my years of growing vegetables in the ground has (for now) come to an end. But not to be thwarted – I love the taste of home grown vegetables too much to not continue growing them – I’ve invested quite heavily in terracotta pots…
It’s a beautiful day, and you’ve decided to spend it in your garden. You plant some vegetable plants, water them, and sit back to enjoy the sunshine. But before long, you notice something is eating your plants – pigeons! While they may seem like harmless birds to most people, for gardeners, pigeons are nuisance birds…
It’s August 2022, and today I discovered that the radish seeds I had set a little while back have been devoured overnight by the cabbage worms commonly known as the cabbage white caterpillar. There are in fact so many of these green caterpillars scoffing my radish leaves that it’s unlikely I’ll have any more of…
Who doesn’t love a fresh strawberry picked straight from the garden plant? Strawberry plants are a great addition to any garden with their sometimes sour yet mostly sweet and refreshingly flavored fruit ripening before your eyes. We all know that they are the perfect treat during the hot summer days, like the ones we’ve been…
Of all the plants we can grow in our own gardens, few would be considered as valuable and useful as the mint plant. But with so many types of mint plant available to us, how do you choose the perfect mint variety for your garden? While the perennial herb is found in everyday commercial items…