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Out with the old, in with the new by Steve Ott
23 November 2011
Can't believe the weather this month – driving home from work last night it was 10.5C on November 22!
Reconciling the seasons by Naomi Slade
30 August 2011.
It is a bit bad to be thinking ahead to winter – even though the press releases for Christmas presents have been arriving for a month now and I am just working up to writing my December copy for Kitchen garden.
Potatoes in pots - is it just hype? by Helen Gazeley
26 August 2011.
Some activities are just plain bizarre. And growing potatoes in pots, when you have a perfectly good vegetable patch, seems like one of them. Especially as they have less space to grow and need more watering.
Purple potatoes and paint pot primroses by Helen Babbs
17 August 2011.
The roof garden is currently bejeweled with flowers and looks very pretty. Tiny sapphire blue nigella flowers, caged within spiky green tendrils, are blooming in a shallow tray of dirt. Romantically known as love-in-the-mist, nigella seeds are edible and can be sprinkled onto salads or mixed into bread and cakes.
Big fish, botanicals and an Isle of Wight pickle frenzy by Naomi Slade
7 August 2011.
This is the second post mentioning garlic in a short while, but I make no apologies. Having harvested nearly 150 bulbs of the stuff and finding myself in its spiritual home, the Isle of Wight (yachting eat your heart out) I had to go and visit the fabled garlic farm...
Art and Edibles at Hampton Court by Naomi Slade
11 July 2011.
Flower shows are changing. Where RHS Chelsea has enthusiastically brought herbs and brassicas into the ornamental fold, so RHS Hampton Court now seems more design led. The formerly solid bastion of bouffant, naturalistic planting seems to have segued into sharp edges, clipped globes and concept-art.
Puppets, prison, peas and publication! by Helen Babbs
16 June 2011.
The roof is currently tangled with knotty vines and fragrant with the scent of sweet-peas. Alongside a rainbow of pea petals, raindrops ball and gleam on spinach leaves and purple potatoes plants sport stunning, long nosed blooms. The runners are clambering up their bean poles, salad leaves and herbs get bushier and more delicious by the day, and my tiny pepper and squash plants feel full of promise.
Blue tomatoes and mouldy melons by Steve Ott
9 June 2011.
All is ticking along nicely on the plot and in the greenhouse this week. I planted out my tomatoes and squashes about a week ago, which was a bit of a gamble but so far all seems OK although it hasn't exactly been warm. The leaves haven't tuned too blue!
Mystic Veg by Naomi Slade
1 June 2011.
As that Hannibal Smith off the A-Team would say, I love it when a plan comes together. But more than that I love it when my crystal ball is proves to be right.
Veg takes gold every time by Steve Ott
24 May 2011.
Deputy editor, Emma and I made our annual pilgrimage to Chelsea Flower Show yesterday to see the gardens, plants, celebs and take in the atmosphere of the most famous flower show of them all.Current Issue: March 2012
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