Beans are one of the easiest crops to grow. The seeds germinate in small pots of compost and the seedling plants are easy to handle and transplant to bigger pots. …Read More about Starting some magic beans
Where do bees go in winter?
Honey bees spend the winter in a hive. Bumble bees have a different life cycle where the queen will spend the winter alone in small burrowed nest in the ground. …Read More about Where do bees go in winter?
A false spring
It is too early in the year to talk about a “false spring,” when warm weather followed by a freeze confuses the garden. But this year the bluebells are coming …Read More about A false spring
Harvesting garden canes
The old copper beech tree in the garden produces lots of side shoots each year. This is the right time of the year for removing them providing a load of …Read More about Harvesting garden canes
Natagora bird count
Over the weekend of January 30 and 31, the Belgium nature conservation organisation Natagora organised a volunteer bird survey, “guess who comes to eat in the garden.” Volunteers are invited …Read More about Natagora bird count
A welcome bit of frost
A lot of older gardeners hold with turning over the soil before a frost. Letting the frost get into the soil. They say it kills of weeds and pests. In …Read More about A welcome bit of frost