In my last few blog posts, I have talked about getting behind on this year’s growth (The first sowing of 2022, Better Late than Never & Transplanting from greenhouse to veg patch). In part, this was due to the fantastic weather we had in April and May, which felt more like summer than spring, but…
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Transplanting from greenhouse to veg patch
The months are passing quickly, and I feel I am running behind, but today I have been able to get outside and transplant some plants from my greenhouse to the vegetable patch. I’ve spent a fair amount of time preparing the vegetable patch, which has delayed transplanting by a few weeks. Last year we put…
The first sowing of 2022
The last frost has passed, and the days are warming up. The mornings are still cool and crisp but soon warm up as the sun goes into the sky. The last month has been ideal sowing weather, and I have finally started to sow some seeds. This year I wanted to be patient and wait…
Peat Free Compost
This year I aim to reduce the impact of my gardening on the world around me by making small changes in how I garden and what I use in my garden. With sowing season just around the corner, this is the time I usually head out and pick up compost from the garden centre. Over…
Keeping Garden Costs Down
We hope the world will return to something close to normal soon, but the financial legacy of the pandemic will be with us for a while yet in the form of increased costs. The rising costs will affect us in the garden, and anything requiring transportation or storage will cost more as fuel costs increase….
Garden Chickens
We introduced chickens to our back garden just under a year ago, and it’s time to start including them on my YouTube channel. Recently, they have been unwanted guests in the chicken run, so I will try to sort that out in this episode.
February Tasks 2022
February has been here for a couple of weeks, and we are heading towards spring. There are still things to do while the weather is cold, and most plants lay dormant, waiting for the ground to warm. February is usually a month of chilly mornings, hard frosts, and gloomy days; not much will germinate in…
Reflecting on 2021 and looking to 2022
2021 2021, like the year before, was disrupted by COVID-19, lockdowns and supply shortages but not by building work. This was the first growing season since our extension was completed allowing me to start seeing the space I will develop over the coming years. The Garden I have started to segment my front and back…
Holkham Hall Walled Gardens
Walled gardens have been a staple of large British stately homes for hundreds of years. In times when storing and transporting food was not easy, it was down to these households to produce the food they would eat and also the medicines they took to treat ill health. While walled gardens can trace their heritage…
My Gardening Journey 