March and it’s time for me to plant this years Garlic out on the allotment. The weather’s been so wet over the winter that the soil isn’t ideal but they need to be planted nonetheless. I don’t plant in Autumn like some as my soil is too wet over Winter and they’d just die. We…
Seasonal Tasks
Sow Globe Artichokes
If you can provide heat Globe Artichokes can be sown in February at 10-15°C (50-60°F). But if you can’t you won’t have long to wait until March when you can sow them outdoors.
How to Grow Tomatoes from Seed
How to grow tomatoes from seed.
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Dan’s Allotment Diary: How to Plant Garlic
March and it’s time for me to plant this years Garlic out on the allotment. The weather’s been so wet over the winter that the soil isn’t ideal but they need to be planted nonetheless. I don’t plant in Autumn like some as my soil is too wet over Winter and they’d just die. We…
Sow Globe Artichokes
If you can provide heat Globe Artichokes can be sown in February at 10-15°C (50-60°F). But if you can’t you won’t have long to wait until March when you can sow them outdoors.
Sean's Allotment Garden: Year 2
Magic Moving Shed | February (EP4/Y2) | Sean’s Allotment Garden
With Subtitles: This week Sean is pleased that the current spate of bad weather appears to have ended. There is more seeds sowing and away from the allotment Sean catches up with BBC Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins and TV Presenter Rachel de Thame. Busy on the allotment are Geoff and Vivi with seasonal tasks.…
Titli's Busy Garden
Titli’s Busy Garden: Week 9 – Seeds
I’ve been shopping! It’s time to get the growing season off to a flying start and sow some seeds!
Sean's Allotment Garden: Year 1
Flashback Friday: In the garden this week… last year
Flashback Friday to see what was happening in the garden this time last year. Something strange is in the sky on this weeks episode of Sean’s Allotment Garden.
Sean's Gardening Blog
Sean’s Blog: Weather Dodging
Geoff telephoned to say he was heading to the garden centre to buy his seed potatoes. An hour later and we were in the garden centre.
Dan's Allotment Diary
Dan’s Allotment Diary: Giant & Show onion plants progress
A last look at this years Giant and Exhibition Show onions growing in my light chamber before planting out in early April. So far things are doing really well with the exhibition kelsae ones about 18″ tall with 6 leaves on in their 1.5 litre pots. The Giant ones are flying along with 7-8 big…
Jack Shilley - Young Gardener
Jack Shilley: Sowing Seeds Part 1
I am sowing my first seeds of the year – Cucumber ‘Mini Munch F1′, Chilli ‘Naga Jolokia’ and Tomato ‘Sweet Aperitif’.
YoungHort Blog
YoungHort Conference 2014: In pictures
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Kitchen
Broccoli and Stilton Soup Recipe with Warren Nash
Soup makes for a great winter warmer and here is one of my favourite soup recipes made with Broccoli, Stilton and a few extras added in.
How to Bottle Tomatoes
Vivi shows us how to bottle tomatoes.
How to Make a Blackcurrant Smoothie
Even from our one bush we produce over 3lb of fruity goodness, enough to make blackcurrant smoothies.
How to make Raspberry & Rhubarb Jam
Our first raspberries of the year from the allotment were ready for picking. We also had some rhubarb ready to pick as well. So I combined them to make jam. This is an easy recipe and makes a great preserve.
Broccoli and Stilton Soup Recipe with Warren Nash
Soup makes for a great winter warmer and here is one of my favourite soup recipes made with Broccoli, Stilton and a few extras added in.
Chive Vinegar
Sean makes chive vinegar from the purple flowers of the chive plant.
DIY Projects
Easy way to heat the greenhouse / shed for cheap
A cheap and easy way to keep your greenhouse or shed frost-free. I purchased the candles from the local discount store.
Easy way to heat the greenhouse / shed for cheap
A cheap and easy way to keep your greenhouse or shed frost-free. I purchased the candles from the local discount store.
Sean’s Blog: Drill before you screw
This weekend has been wood weekend. On Saturday morning Geoff arrived at 10am to give me a lift to the local builders where I purchased my first power tool.