Kitchen Garden Articles

A garden is a veritable jungle of plant and animal life if you know where to look. An ecosystem that provides transit corridors for bird and insect life…
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Compost, growing living soil. The foundation of any garden is soil. It consists of a mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and the countless organisms that together support plant growth. Soil should be considered a living medium in the garde…
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For many people gardening in cities requires planting in pots & containers. Whether it's pots on a window sill, hanging baskets or box trays on a balcony…
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Gardening in edges makes use of otherwise wasted space allowing multiple activities. These require adaptations like containers or alternative approaches…
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Like any good workman start by deciding where you are going to have the "tea area" for lots of breaks. This allows good overall observation of the garden…
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The choice to grow vegetables from seed is often recommended simply on the basis of being cost effective. While this is true, a more important reason may be to produce your planting material on site and within the environment they will eventually grow.…
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Beans are fun to grow, tasty and a great choice for novice, expert and children gardeners. They are the ideal city garden plant as they require little space, grow well from containers and maximise the use of vertical space available. Beans are ideal for te…
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Cucumbers & squash grow well. In terms of reliability they are better than tomatoes. If a summer is part wet, part dry they thrive whilst tomatoes struggle…
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Garlic is relatively easy to grow. In Europe it's planted either between October/December for early summer or between January/March for a late summer crop.…
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Herbs are the heart of any Kitchen Garden. Herbs (herbaceous plants) are any plants used for food, flavouring, medicine or perfume. We cover growing them…
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Welcome to the allium family of vegetables: onions, leeks, shallots, Welsh onions, spring onions and chives. For the summer gardener used to tomatoes, beans and cucumbers, the allium group of plants is the first step in all-year gardening since these tempe…
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Chillis are the quintessential ingredient in a wide range of cuisine. Originally from South America and the Caribbean region, the chilli pepper has found its way into national dishes from Asia to India and Europe. Universally popular, they are enjoyed for …
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There is nothing nicer than rows of lettuce growing in soil. A quintessential home garden image, lovely straight rows of different colours in summer sun…
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Cities are ideal places for growing tomatoes. They require relatively little space, can be grown in soil or containers and thrive when attached to walls…
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The most delicate time in plant growth process, moving seedlings from warmth & protection of indoors or greenhouse into the garden is called hardening off…
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Get in trouble with the law? If certain agribusiness interests get their way it will no longer be legal to save seeds and share them with other people.…
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Integrated Pest Management is a holistic approach to dealing with pests and diseases that can affect the health of a garden without resorting to pesticides…
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Raised garden beds produce significantly larger yields than traditional beds. They can be situated on the ground or on solid surfaces such as pathways or flat roof areas. They can be free standing in the open or build adjacent to a wall (3 sided) to provid…
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Slugs & snails are a very real part of a mild, wet climate zone. An average city garden can be home to 1000's as Belgian weather is very suitable for them…
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People who grow tomatoes all know tomato blight. Each year just as the plants reach maturity and main fruit has set, blight arrives and plants begin to die…
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Vertical gardening is for gardeners who do not have a lot of horizontal space. It has become a niche science with many elaborate and quite amazing systems.…
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Many gardeners continue to hand water with an old fashioned watering can as this allows time to observe the plants and check on their overall health…
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