Yazan: Dave | 29 February 2012 | 3 Comments
Categories: guest blogs, Reference, Vegetables
In this our second instalment of guest blogs, Jono Stevens founder and chief of the excellent one man blog Real Men Sow “a cheery allotment blog”, tells us just how much an allotment can save you in a year. Last year I decided to work out how much money I saved by growing my own [...]
Yazan: Dave | 13 February 2012 | 2 Comments
Categories: Budget living, General Gardening, Reference, Vegetables
In the first of our series of guest bloggers Emma Cooper writer, gardener and podcaster, talks about peat free seed sowing. We have reached the time of year when kitchen gardeners everywhere start sowing seeds – the race seems to be on to see who can sow their tomatoes, peppers and aubergines first. Unless you’re [...]
Yazan: Dave | 05 February 2012 | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized
pH describes how acid or alkali a soil is. Certain plants will thrive in a more alkali soil and others will do well in acid soil. Most vegetable plants like a soil which is neutral to acidic. The exception to this rule is plants in the cabbage family which prefer things to be slightly alkali. [...]
