Sowing and planting too early in the year We can all get a little over excited when the new year comes around especially if, like now, we’ve had relatively warm ….Read more
Category: Seasonal Articles
Seasonal Articles
Collecting Autumn Leaves
Autumn leaves are a valuable resource for the vegetable gardener as they when rotted they make an excellent mulch, soil improver or compost mix. Making leaf mould is easy and ….Read more
Sowing and planting in an August Vegetable Garden
I must admit I’m finding it a little difficult to write my usual [overly] enthusiastic post today as my garden isn’t quite the paradise it normally is at this time ….Read more
Mid July in the Vegetable garden
Planting Christmas potatoes in July If you have some spare space in your vegetable garden in July you could put in some ‘Second Cropping’ potatoes for a late Autumn/Winter harvest. ….Read more
The Quickcrop Vegetable Garden in Early June
It really is incredible how things burst into life when we get a bit of warmth and sunshine, my little plot is suddenly a very different different place. It was ….Read more
Autumn is the New Spring with Oriental Vegetables
When we move towards the end of July and into early August it can be easy to think the season for sowing new crops is over. To be fair that’s ….Read more
Vegetable Harvesting Tips
Harvesting homegrown vegetables can be just as important as growing them as some crops can quickly go past their best and loose precious flavour and texture. Harvesting at just the ….Read more
The Vegetable Garden in Spring
Well, it’s been a while. I always have great intentions to write more articles every month but time seems to slip by so easily with the day to day business ….Read more
Foraging in Early Spring
Kit and her late husband Cyril wrote ‘Wild and Free – Cooking from Nature’ in 1978 in an attempt to document the wild foods available in Ireland’s hedgerows and meadows. The ….Read more
Top 5 Good Things To Do With Autumn Leaves
There’s something quite pleasant about raking up Autumn leaves, it feels like such an ancient, seasonal practice that it connects you not only with the current yearly cycle but ….Read more