Outdoor sweetcorn success. Repairing the bird damage to the polytunnel. Radish leaves become a delicious and nutritious soup, ...

Jostaberry is a cross between a blackcurrant and gooseberries. It forms a very vigorous spineless shrub, growing up to 1.8-2m tall and a similar size across, and is self fertile so only one need be ...

Clubroot has been known about since the 13th Century but wasn’t named until the 19th Century. A severe outbreak decimated the cabbage crop in St Petersburg, Russia and the Russian Gardening Society ...

Welcome to my allotment garden diary. Quite simply this is a record of our success and failures growing our own, gardening and trying to live the good life. A diary is actually a really useful tool ...

Some years ago we moved to a new house which had a tiny suburban garden giving little room for growing vegetables, mainly a small herb bed and some salad crops. Then I realised there was an allotment ...

Marrows are cucurbits (the same family as courgettes, squash and cucumbers). There is almost no difference betrween marrows and courgettes – just leave a courgette to grow and you have a marrow. The ...

July is usually one of the hottest and driest months so a lot of time may be spent watering. You can reduce water loss and so save yourself some time. Mulching with a layer of organic matter will help ...

The results are in from a trial of Bustaseed Seedling Trays with standard commercial seedling trays undertaken by Queen's ...

“I am hand-sifting my worms every six weeks or so when I see the bedding is eaten up and the “bedding” has become dark with castings. Upon sifting out the larger worms, I have left what I call “babies ...

Chervil is a hardy plant and it can be used throughout the winter if grown in a sheltered spot or cold frame. It is also handy to grow a pot of chervil on the windowsill in the winter. Sow chervil ...

Kohlrabi originates in the middle east and came to Europe with Crusaders returning from the Holy Land. When we’ve been in French supermarkets we’ve seen Kohlrabi for sale but never in Britain. In fact ...

A delicious, frugal radish leaf soup easily prepared using as the primary ingredient, radish leaves which are most often discarded.