Featured Posts in'soil' Category

Winter Aconites Light Up Under Trees

With a shaft of winter sun through the branches of a decidous tree the Winter Aconites glow gold and bright yellow. Read more..

Banana Growing in England (no seriously)

The cultivated banana comes from the genus Musa. Musa acuminata is the dessert banana and Musa balbisiana is the Read more..

Bush Fruit, Cages, Siting and Soils

You have grown some bush fruit in an organic garden and as the berries ripen all the birds you have fed through winter Read more..

Beginning Gardening Getting your Soil Right

‘The Gardeners’ Book: For the Gardener Who’s Best at Everything’ is really grand for novice Read more..

Beginning Growing Fruit Trees & Bushes

Novice gardeners can expect to get fair crops from Fruit trees and bushes without too much effort. With extra care a Read more..

Naturalised Crocus – Growing Bulbs in Grass

Naturalising means bulbs growing and seeding as they would in the wild; i.e. “in nature”. In most gardens Read more..

Green Manure at the End of Winter

If you managed to sow and over-winter a green manure crop February or March is the right time to begin digging it in Read more..

Marrows, Watering, Pollinating and Harvesting

Watering Marrows Marrows are over 80% water and need plenty of watering when in full growth and the first fruits have Read more..

Beginning Gardening Tips on Bulbs for Beginners

These short tips are designed to help you avoid failures and give you success without having to worry about too many Read more..

after the snow

‘Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished’ – Lao Tzu  Hooray, the first of my bulbs to Read more..