There are few things to sadden a gardener’s heart more than the sight of this: Every year I know I’m taking a risk with outdoor tomatoes, but I don’t have a greenhouse and if I want toms at all I have to at least try. For the past two years I’ve been growing Ferline F1…
Category: Experiments
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…
Final Analysis on Late Garlic Experiment
On April 25th I embarked on a little experiment to see if my final bulb of last year’s garlic, which had sprouted far too badly to use, might be grown to any useful size. Given I usually plant garlic in September and you need a frost to separate the cloves I was doubtful, but hey… I…
