Domestic composting in a city garden is straightforward using modern plastic composting containers. It is a clean process with no smells or flies and benefits from the supply of organic …Read More about Spring time composting 1
Archives for April 2016
Planting list – week ending 10 April 2016
Tomatoes Beans Cucumbers
Starting a stairwell garden
Stairs and pathways are regular features of small city gardens. Used carefully these spaces provide excellent locations for vertical-growing container gardens without impeding access. This corner of the garden involves …Read More about Starting a stairwell garden
Planting list – week ending 3 April 2016
Beans (Broad, Climbing & Runner) Parsley Nasturtium
Bluebells
You know it is spring when the bluebells start to bloom. Many traditional gardeners hold that spring planting should not begin until the bluebells are in bloom. The bluebells in …Read More about Bluebells
Beans progress report 3
Beans are an ideal crop to bring on early in the house ready for planting outside as soon as the temperature outside has risen. They grow easily from seed but …Read More about Beans progress report 3