Autumn is the time for planting broad beans, garlic and onions for harvesting in the spring and early summer next year. Planting between mid October and mid December means empty beds and pots are used during the winter months with the crops harvested just when the space is needed next year for summer crops. It …Read More about November: Winter planting
Onion Sets
February: Strange gardening weather
February and March are not really good gardening months. In the old days there would be a slow transition from proper winter weather (snow) into cold dry days before spring. This year with 3 days in February the warmest on record here, one could be excused for thinking spring might come early. However, with April …Read More about February: Strange gardening weather
Garlic and onions – “must have” crop
The new “must-have” crop for the small kitchen garden. Grown in pots or in soil, garlic and onions are started before summer crops and removed just when summer crops need extra space. While autumn planted is best, there is no reason not to rush in some cloves of garlic now and start the onions indoors …Read More about Garlic and onions – “must have” crop
Kitchen table gardening
The first rule of kitchen table gardening is keep it clean. A heavy plastic table covering works well. For those gardeners without the luxury of an outdoor heated greenhouse the kitchen table makes an ideal workbench. Preparing plants from seed early on in the season (before summer planting starts) means there will be pots of …Read More about Kitchen table gardening
New Year Gardening
January hardly seems like a time to be gardening. Indeed, November and December are better for starting garlic, broad beans and onion sets. These crops benefit from a cold snap once they are in the ground. However, with the extremes of modern weather it does no harm to plant these into January for a mid …Read More about New Year Gardening
Summer onions
The onions planted at the start of the year are now starting to look like onions. Onions are well suited to succession planting throughout the year and with the ground now warmed up it is time to directly plant seed. The excess heat of May was not ideal for direct sowing seed, some rain in …Read More about Summer onions