It’s come to that time of year when I work out which of the – gosh – nine varieties of tomato I tried this year are worth growing again and which – if any – is the winner of best in show. First out of the box is Sweet & Neat, a teeny, compact bush with…
Month: August 2016
Tumbling Bruschetta, Batman!
After the dreary recognition that 70% of my tomatoes had been lost to blight I found myself looking for plus points. Yay! Good, old fashioned, bog-standard Tumbling Tom has come to the rescue. So far none of the window boxes I planted up with Tumbling Tom have succumbed and they’re producing in profusion. To be…
Update: Celery ‘Peppermint Stick’
For the first time this year I am trying my hand at trench celery. It’s always looked a bit of a faff before, to be honest, but I was seduced by Peppermint Stick by The Organic Gardening Catalogue. Sowing, pricking out and planting went pretty well, as did creating the trenches and the plants are…
Houseplant Holiday
I may not be getting a vacation this year (sniff) but that’s no excuse not to let my houseplants have a little holiday. They normally live in what I laughingly call my conservatory (a 6′ x 4′ lean-to) and are perfectly happy in there, but there’s nothing like a bit of fresh air blowing round…
The Event Gardener 