A bit of rain is always welcome at this time of summer but violent thunderstorms along with extreme heat can be quite difficult. Young plants are easily damaged in heavy downpours and tomato flowers can be knocked off. Following on from disturbed conditions last month most the garden crops are behind in their development compared …Read More about July: Summer extremes
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Recycling potting soil
What do you do with your old potting soil? The current heatwave is a good opportunity to turn dry dusty old soil into a useful mineral rich medium for use in next month’s winter planting. Ideally is to mix this new medium with matured home made compost but if that is not available then the …Read More about Recycling potting soil
Heat wave gardening
The weather forecast for the next few weeks is very hot with temperatures between 26 and 31 degrees. With little or no rain in sight, these conditions have not been seen since the last major heatwave in Belgium in 1976. This poses serious problems for garden vegetables which may already be entering a state of …Read More about Heat wave gardening
Extreme weather warning
This heatwave is not good for people or gardens in Brussels. The Royal Institute of Meteorology in Belgium has expressed concern about the situation (read here). The Belgian Interregional Environment Agency has launched an official warning phase of its ozone and heatwave plan (read here). It is important both people and gardeners pay attention to …Read More about Extreme weather warning
Which watering system?
For many people living in cities watering a garden is the reason not to garden. Whether weekends away from home or holidays, or just simply a full working schedule, keeping a garden alive through the summer is just too much work. Technology now exists to cover all of this. House Plants For household plants there …Read More about Which watering system?
Watering 2015
Watering a vegetable garden is either a routine quiet time in the garden each day or an annoying chore that gets in the way of a busy life. Fortunately, the computer age has caught up with vegetable growing and now there are computer controlled automated systems run from the iPhone to take over the chore. …Read More about Watering 2015