Healthy Soil, Thriving Garden: Checking Soil Condition Tips Assessing Your Soil Condition Before planting in the spring, assessing your soil’s condition is crucial for a successful garden. Healthy soil provides nutrients, retains moisture, and supports root growth.A thriving spring garden starts with healthy soil. Before planting, it’s essential to assess your soil’s condition to ensureContinueContinue reading “Healthy Soil, Thriving Garden: Checking Soil Condition Tips”
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Raspberries: Monitoring, Recording, Pruning & Planting
RASPBERRIES Observing and Monitoring In Our Garden MONITORING OUR RASPBERRIES We planted out 4 varieties back in summer 2022, we didn’t know what would work best or in what area so we added these 4 to test them out. We added them to our food forest area, to our mini food forest in a raised bedContinueContinue reading “Raspberries: Monitoring, Recording, Pruning & Planting”
Winter Garden: Hardy Crops to Plant for a Resilient Harvest
Winter Garden: Hardy Crops to Plant for a Resilient Harvest Winter Hardy Salad Crops You Can Plant Now Growing fresh salad greens in winter may seem challenging, but many hardy crops thrive in cold conditions. By selecting the right varieties and using simple protection methods like cloches, cold frames, or unheated greenhouses, you can enjoyContinueContinue reading “Winter Garden: Hardy Crops to Plant for a Resilient Harvest”
DIY: Mini Greenhouses Create a Warm Start for Your Seeds
DIY: Mini Greenhouses Create a Warm Start for Your Seeds How and Why You Should Make a Greenhouse by Adding Extra Light to Your Windowsill for Seed Starting This Spring Creating a greenhouse effect on your windowsill by adding extra light is a simple yet effective way to give your seeds the best start inContinueContinue reading “DIY: Mini Greenhouses Create a Warm Start for Your Seeds”
Creative Household Container Usage for the Growing Season – Seed Sowing
Creative Household Container Usage for the Growing Season – Seed Sowing Collect Your Toilet Rolls & Newspapers How and Why You Should Collect Toilet Rolls and Newspapers to Plant Seeds This Spring Starting seeds in spring is an exciting time for gardeners, and collecting toilet rolls and newspapers now can help you create sustainable, costContinueContinue reading “Creative Household Container Usage for the Growing Season – Seed Sowing”
DIY: Building Raspberry Support Structures From Pallets
REPURPOSING & REUSING Getting Started When you plant Raspberries you have to also plan for their support system. Raspberries are usually planted in rows with a system of posts and horizontal wires/string to support them. If you don’t have room for this, you can grow them singley in a pot or in a container supportedContinueContinue reading “DIY: Building Raspberry Support Structures From Pallets”
Top 3 Things You Could Do To Support Earth Day & National Garden Week This Year?
GARDENING SUPPORTING OUR EARTH Top 3 things you could do this year in your outdoor space The Soil The Air The Bees No 1. The Soil Enrich your soil by adding nutrients back in. Lay some cardboard on your borders, mulch with leaves and grass cuttings. Work with nature at replenishing not removing. Give BackContinueContinue reading “Top 3 Things You Could Do To Support Earth Day & National Garden Week This Year?”
Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023
Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023 Why Planting Fruit Trees First is Essential in Building a Food Forest When establishing a food forest, planting fruit trees first is a crucial step because they form the foundation of the ecosystem. A food forest is a layered, self sustaining system designed to mimic natural forests whileContinueContinue reading “Food Forest Update: New Fruit Trees Planted for 2023”
TV: BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem
BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem Katrina from Cambridgeshire, England & Peter from Cape Town, South Africa and their children are a Vegan living family of 5 living in East Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 children aged 12-15. Their eldest Clayton who is Autistic and Non verbal is Home Educated by KatrinaContinueContinue reading “TV: BBC Beechgrove Garden 2022 Episode 23 – Katrina & Peter Gelderbloem”
