Featured Posts in'variety' Category

Thinning my Winter Lettuce

About three weeks ago I posted this photo of my coldframe brimming with over-Wintering Lettuce. Since then the Lettuce Read more..

Growing Salad Leaves – A big Selection

Salad is a diverse name covering any of a wide variety of dishes including,  green salads, vegetable salads, salads Read more..

Top Ten Old Roses

Repeat flowering old Rose varieties do what it says in their name whilst the first 5 in my Top Ten only flower once Read more..

Cottage Garden for Edible Crops

The traditional Cottage Garden was a working garden for the growing ornamental and edible crops. Planting included Read more..

Dwarf Water Lilies for Small Ponds and Barrels

If you have a lake then you can grow some brilliant Water Lilies (Nymphaea). If you have a large pond you can also Read more..

February jobs in the garden

Today we’ve had a mix of all types of weather which has not been favourable to gardening. Snow, rain and sun Read more..

Do Potatoes Cross-Pollinate?

I’ve started to chit my Potatoes. As you can see I’ve got a small clutch of a standard variety of first Read more..

Top 10 Garlic Varieties

Garlic is increasing in popularity in the UK and a wide selection of varieties are now available. They grow well under Read more..

More Signs of Spring

One of the aims of any veggie grower is to produce food 12 months of the year!This early PSB 'Rudolph' is just starting Read more..

Super Fruit Honeyberry not Honeybush

A recent arrival from Siberia, the Honeyberry is also called Lonicera caerulea and the variety edulis is the one to Read more..