OUR resident gardening expert, TANYA PEARSON offers advice for gardeners as the days shorten and we say goodbye to the warm weather. MY, oh, my. You just never can predict what will happen in any given year. For many, the dry summer and water restrictions meant that...
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It’s not too late to plant crops
OUR resident gardening expert, TANYA PEARSON offers advice for gardeners as the days shorten and we say goodbye to the warm weather. MY, oh, my. You just never can predict what will happen in any given year. For many, the dry summer and water restrictions meant that...
Organic Gardening
THIS issue our resident gardening expert TANYA PEARSON has much to be done on the veg patch before those ominous looking clouds gather overhead. A touch of colour ‘neath skies of grey BETWEEN the rainy days (or rainy weeks!), I like to make the most of every bright...
Some seasonal advice for Autumn
TIPS from our resident gardening expert TANYA PEARSON this issue include storing the last of your seasonal crops, planting over wintering crops, and collecting new seed before the onset of autumn. THERE’s a chill in the air and our first frost is approaching as we...
Growing in the summer sun
GONE with the frosts are our worries for our vulnerable seedlings at night and with summer here the possibilities for our resident green fingered expert, TANYA PEARSON are endless. EARLY June is still okay for sowing cucumbers, courgettes and squash seeds, or you can...
Spend more time in the garden
SPRINGTIME is here and our new resident gardening expert, TANYA PEARSON takes you on a seasonal walk through the vegetable patch. THE clocks going forward is always a sure sign that Spring is here and every year I’m glad for it. With the extra daylight comes more time...
A seasonal time for new starts
IT’S a new growing season and our gardening expert JOA GROWER bows out with some tips for gardeners wanting to grow their own vegetables. WELL it’s the start of a new growing season and I hope that you all have the same enthusiasm for growing vegetables as you had...
Taking away the winter blues
OUR gardening expert JOA GROWER is just as busy as usual now that Autumn is here. Here are more of her helpful seasonal top tips. “SO will you be putting you feet up now for a little while?” Customers are always asking me as soon as the winter gets here. In fact I...
Protect your soil with green manure
OUR gardening expert JOA GROWER offers advice for many you who have been growing veg for the first time. WELL we have had a very different year this year what with the pandemic. But for some of you probably one of the best growing years you may have had in a long time...
Propagating money-saving tips
JUST at that time when most things seem to be about spending money, our gardening expert JOA GROWER offers all you vegetable growers her best money-saving ideas for 2018. THERE are few things more frustrating than needlessly giving away your money. Here are a few of...
It’s time to tidy up and clear away
TIPS from our gardening expert JOA GROWER include what you should have dried, what to plant, and how to make leaf mold - mulch fun in the garden. WELL what a glorious summer we have had, and didn’t it make the vegetable garden flourish! All the onions and garlic...