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...
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Just keep sowing, sowing, sowing
IT’S harvesting time, and our resident gardening expert JOA GROWER has some top tips to keep the produce growing in your gardens for sometime yet. WELL, I would imagine that a lot of you are now busy harvesting, eating and enjoying all the lovely crops that you have...
Extra feeding for Summer days
OUR gardening expert JOA GROWER offers summertime advice for gardeners to make the best of the longer days. HERE we are, Summer at last. Way back in April I didn’t think it was ever going to stop raining! So, what do we need to get on with over the next few months?...
There’s time for lots of tender planting
SPRINGTIME for our resident gardening expert, JOA GROWER, means it’s a busy time of year for planting all those fresh vegetables. Spring at last! The clocks have gone forward and here at Growers that means more time in the veggie garden. Just what we need, as this can...
It’s a joyous time for growing edibles
IT’S a new growing season and our gardening expert JOA GROWER has some tips for gardeners wanting to grow their own vegetables. WELL, here we are with another growing season ahead of us and all that gardening to look forward to. But where to start? Over the past ten...
Bright dry sunny days in the garden
OUR gardening expert JOA GROWER suggests that a bit of gardening is a great way to manage those winter blues. IT’S time to put your feet up and relax. Surely there is nothing to do in the vegetable patch at this time of year is there? In fact I always seem to be just...
Autumn undertakings for the garden
TIPS from JOA GROWER this time include planting a green manure, compost checking, and having a general tidy up. I must say that this time of the year is probably not my most favourite. Most plants are now safely in the ground and if they are not, there’s still time to...
Time for harvesting and planting too
Resident expert JOA GROWER has tips on seasonal planting and recommends it may be a good time to use a dibber. AUGUST already, not long now until summer will slowly become autumn. So, its time to think not just about harvesting, but maybe a bit of planting too. It’s...
Welcome to the busy summer days
JOA GROWER offers advice for gardeners as the days are long and the so are the lists of things to be done. WELL here we go again its summer already, where does the time go? I hope you’re all spending lots of time on your vegetable plots. It doesn’t seem to matter how...
Sowing the seeds of love-ly veg
The arrival of longer days means the start of the main growing season. Our expert JOA GROWER offers more ad- vice for all budding gardeners. SPRING time is here again, and probably the busiest time of the year for us gardeners. The days are now longer, which means...
Keep an eye on the forecasts
ORGANIC GARDENING It’s a new growing year and JOA GROWER has some tips for gardeners on protecting your new seedlings, and maximising your early crops. Welcome once again to the beginning of a new growing year. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed its as good as the...