What to grow in February 2022
Save the white tags from bread loaf bags and place one on a leaf edge of each brassica plant to fool cabbage white butterflies into thinking that eggs...
The sweet solace of a roof terrace
Our outdoor space at home is an inspiration while the allotment is closed The windowbox rosemary is covered in late-January flower. The Bengal crimson...
The allure of the first seed catalogues: Country diary, 7 January 1922
7 January 1922: When one has got over into the third foolscap sheet, lean back in one’s chair, plot out the beds and imagine the year’s garden Kew...
Finding a little light in the dark | Allan Jenkins
The children may have grown up, but trees and lights are still magical The old year’s gardening has nearly ended. The new one’s waiting in the pot...
What to grow in December 2021
December and January are very busy months for many, and last month has been very wet in many parts of the country producing more challenges for both g...
Seed saving is a chore for autumn
A fox slinks by, the light fades, and seed is collected for next year’s garden The bean poles and pea sticks are still up. Ghostly, empty now of sum...