I’m not going to give you the usual boring list of January jobs like cleaning your greenhouse or polishing your tools. I might as well remind you to empty the ….Read more
Crop Rotation
Growing Vegetables places more strain on a piece of land than flowering plants or shrubs because we remove nutrients every time we harvest a crop. Vegetables are also relatively hungry ….Read more
Italian Kale With Tahini
In my opinion Kale is an underrated crop. It’s really easy to grow, doesn’t suffer as much from the usual brassica problems, is very good for you and tastes delicious. ….Read more
Christmas Sorted.
Seed Selection. As I said already, we can’t believe how popular our new seed selection is. Poor old Klaus has his little Germanic fingers worn to the bone packing them ….Read more
A drop of Powers.
I had always read Jane Powers’ Irish Times articles with interest so I was quite excited when I answered the phone one day and found herself on the other end. ….Read more
Fed up with snails? Eat them.
This one will separate the men from the boys! I was struggling to find a free food this month for those of you living away from the sea. I came ….Read more
The traditional “Escargots à la bourguignonne”
First prepare the “beurre d’escargots” (Snail butter if you weren’t listening in school) The snails we are adding in the recipe have been simmered for 15 mins and prepared as ….Read more
Horse Hits Iceberg
I was told at media seminar recently how important it is to write an attention grabbing headline. How was that? You’re very welcome to our new format newsletter. Apologies our ….Read more
Gift ideas.
Well, whether we like it or not, Christmas is on the way. We always have a good range of practical garden products but have also included some nice gift ideas. ….Read more
The Vegetable Seed Company
Choosing your seed variety is so important and this year we let Klaus Laitenberger choose ours. We couldn’t believe the results. We all got so excited we decided to join ….Read more