If you are like many people you may be looking at keeping chickens in your backyard. There are many factors to think about when you decide to keep backyard chickens, before you go out and buy your chickens you need to consider some practical factors…such as: have you got the space, where are you going […]
I love my herb garden, just being able to go outside and pick herbs to use in our cooking. There are sooo many different herbs to choose from, so I am picking my favourites… that I grow in pots and planters. Decide what herbs you want to grow…see what grows best for you and then […]
11 delicious herbal teas as alternatives to tea and coffee If you’re fed up with drinking tea and coffee then you may want to try drinking herbal teas. Herbal teas are delicious and refreshing. What’s more, they contain no calories…. Are free of sugar… and are a smart way to hydrate your body. In […]
In Europe Endive is a very popular vegetable to eat and grow. There are two types of endive – Batavian also known as broad-leaved endive – and curly endive a frisee type of endive. Often endive is grown as a spring or autumn crop but for the later crop they may need some protection. Many […]
Rhubarb crumble and custard…. Rhubarb with ice cream…. Rhubarb with yogurt… Rhubard with porridge for breakfast… These are just some of the reason I love growing my own rhubarb. It’s so versatile and delicious. That zingy flavour tastes great. Need a dessert because you got friends coming around for dinner? Get some rhubarb out of […]
Rocket is one of the quickest growing leafy salad leaves that you can grow. You can grow rocket in the garden, pots, containers, or planters Rocket is best sown in successions from spring to autumn and is ready to harvest four to six weeks after sowing. The young succulent leaves are very tasty. You can […]
This spring we’ve made a variety of garden planters from pallet wood. They’re inexpensive (under £10) to make. They’re quick to make. And they’ve provided a lot of extra growing space. We’ve used these planters to grow rocket… salad leaves… lettuce… coriander… parsley… spinach… The beetroot weren’t a success. Probably for two reasons. This planter […]
Cauliflower is a vegetable that grows better in cooler-seasons, they are mostly available in the spring and autumn. It’s not the easiest vegetable to grow for the beginner as it’s pretty fussy. The soil for cauliflowers needs to have plenty of organic matter dug into the soil, like aged manure or well-rotted compost, as this […]
One of the easiest crops to grow is salad leaves, just imagen eating delicious crispy, frilly, green, and red salad leaves that give you different flavours such as spicy, peppery, or plain. But from your garden rather than from a plastic packet in the shops. Salad leaves are a quick growing crop, usually only taking […]
When we moved to our last house we wanted to make a patio. This meant digging down into the existing lawn. To get down to ground level. As a result, we had a lot of great top soil we had to remove. This gave us the opportunity to make a raised bed garden. That’s right […]
