Growing on the web

KG’s Olivia Peace chats to top gardening bloggers from the world-wide web. This month she meets Louise Houghton Louise Houghton has been blogging since 2015 Louise is a stay-at-home mum to her two not-so-little boys. She’s learning Welsh, she’s 50 this year and she has been using her blogging platform as a place to document the progress of turning a…
Growing on the web: Kirsty Ward

Growing on the web: Kirsty Ward

KG’s Olivia Peace chats to top gardening bloggers from the world-wide-web. This month she meets Kirsty Ward of mylittleallotmentsite. Meet Kirsty Ward, a rising star in the world of allotment blogging. She started gardening in April 2017 as a means of improving the state of her mental health following a difficult period, and soon realised she was enjoying being outside…

Mudketeers diary-18th Dec 2017

Covering the beds I’ve been adding a layer of well rotted horse manure to my raised beds and covering with polythene to prevent winter rain washing through the nutrients. I am fortunate in that I have a couple of ponies (one pictured below) who are good enough to provide the manure. I take home a bag of well rotted stuff…

Fun, frogs and slow worms!

Nicky & Sarah & The Jet Guerillas are a gardening group based in West Sussex, formed to improve their local community through gardening We have a small allotment not far from where we live in Shoreham By Sea. We were given the keys by a lovely lady called Pat who runs the allotment site. Our plot sits to the side…

A HAPPY GREENHOUSE MEANS HAPPY PLANTS

Award-winning blogger Ade Sellars has some timely advice for those of us starting off our seedlings under cover Over the next few months, our polytunnels and greenhouses will be home to our seedlings, and young plants; they will aid the development and growth of our fruit and veg. Right now, you can hear the bustle of eager gardeners, busying themselves…

Blog with us!

Are you a budding blogger or vlogger? Then we’d love to hear from you! Whatever your experience on the plot, whether you’ve got a couple of patio boxes or an envy-inducing allotment, whether you’ve been blogging or vlogging for years, or you’re just starting out, we’d love to hear from you! This year, we’re looking to build our online community…

Growing fat babies

If you struggle growing sweet peppers, or you don’t have room under cover, Achocha or Fat Babies are definitely worth a try. Growing Fat Babies (cyclanthera brachyastacha) A South American crop, they are small, oval and covered in soft edible spines. Bar slugs when the plants are small, they are free from pests. Hoverflies love the flowers – and their…
No Excuses for Not Pruning

No Excuses for Not Pruning

If you haven’t pruned yet, better now than never. Markus Kobelt of Swiss fruit nursery Lubera has just posted a very funny blog listing the excuses his customers come up with for not having pruned their fruit trees, ranging from, “I haven’t done it yet so it’s too late now,” and, “My husband/wife/neighbour says not to do it now,” to,…

Real Men Sow (and write about it)

Blog reveals veggy goings on in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex If you could use some inspiration for the coming season, take a look at Real Men Sow, ‘a cheery allotment blog’ chronicling author Jono’s adventures in veg growing. “Taking on an allotment has actually been the best thing I’ve ever done,” he says. “A steady stream of incredibly tasty fruit and veg…