
Root-to-stem veggies
November 9, 2021 10:07 pmThrifty gardeners like to use every part of the vegetable. Why throw away luscious beetroot tops, colourful Swiss chard stems…
Thrifty gardeners like to use every part of the vegetable. Why throw away luscious beetroot tops, colourful Swiss chard stems…
We plan and plant with the harvest in mind, and just as timing is critical for sowing, so it is…
Urban Gardening, Late Summer Planting The end of a summer is a bitter sweet time. But as the temperature starts…
Sage Winter is generally a difficult time for growing herbs, but one herb that is certainly worth nursing through this…
Trio of carrots Get the most out of carrots by cooking them in different ways for very different flavours. Then…
Carrots are delicious eaten raw or cooked, and studies suggest that eating one a day might beat taking vitamin supplements.…
Each season we take a look at what’s happening in the Soil for Life garden. Soil for Life is an…
A great project for winter is to grow your own microgreens and baby salad leaves. This can be done in…
Sweet Parsnips Parsnips aren’t a vegetable that springs to mind, being more common in the colder countries than in South…
Grey Water Growing veggies with grey water Grey water is waste water collected from the shower, bath, hand basin and…
March Vegetable Sowing Guide Summer rainfall temperate: Broccoli, Broad beans, Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Beetroot, Lettuce, Leeks, Garden…
If your eagerness to grow your own herbs and vegetables is being stymied by the lack of an area that…