Using school raised garden beds We would strongly recommend using timber raised vegetable beds for your school garden for a number of reasons, the biggest from the teachers point of ….Read more
Where to build a school raised bed garden?
Site Vegetables are expected to give a lot. We want them to grow quickly and provide good quantities of nutritious food. To do this we need to pamper them a ….Read more
What to grow in a School Vegetable Garden
Be Realistic! I’d give the same advice to any new gardener – to start small with easy to grow crops. A school vegetable garden also has the holidays to take ….Read more
Growing wheatgrass and wheatgrass juice
Wheatgrass is a tricky one to pin down. Many people I’ve spoken with swear by it while others will dismiss it as utter nonsense. It is claimed to be an ….Read more
Top 10 Essential Garden Tools Every Gardener Should Own
The garden tools we sell in our online tool shop are all tools that we, as vegetable gardeners, use ourselves. We have sourced a selection of planting, digging, weeding, harvesting, pruning, maintenance ….Read more
The G.I.Y. Gathering 2014
I’m sure most of you have already heard of G.I.Y. or ‘Grow It Yourself’, indeed many of you are probably members so we’ll go for a brief intro for those ….Read more
Korean Kimchi and Fizzy Milk
It is rare that my wife and I agree on anything but I was pleasantly surprised when my liking for pickled vegetables converged neatly with her interest in the health ….Read more
Oriental Vegetables for Autumn Sowing
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
A Pretty Pickle
England, like any country, has its pro’s and con’s but I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I discovered many pubs over there are furnished with an ….Read more
Soil Improvement for Vegetable Gardeners
Healthy vegetables need a healthy soil, it’s as simple as that. It is possible to grow vegetables in poor soil by using artificial fertilizers but the quality of the soil ….Read more