Do you grow soft fruit or leafy veg in your garden or allotment? If the answer is yes, chances are you know the pain of trying to protect it from hungry wildlife! Since getting our allotment three years ago, we've tried to grow lettuces, cabbages and broccoli in our raised beds. Every year, the local pigeons have a good old feast before the plants get really established; we've tried using netting, but we've never managed to get the supports ...
Tips for installing a raised bed this spring
If you're looking for inspiration on spring garden projects, this guest post from gardening and home repair enthusiast David Miller exploring the world of raised bed gardening is a great place to start. Heading towards spring and the return of warm weather, it’s always fun to think of the different ways we can work to improve our gardens. Whether it’s something as simple as planting a few new bulbs, or something as involved as constructing a ...
2. The 10 minute gardener: Midwinter gardening jobs
If ever there was a week on the calendar where you need to cut back the garden jobs, it’s this one! Frankly the garden and allotment are nowhere near the top of my to do list; our house is awash with wrapping paper, teacher presents, half-finished festive jobs and crazed children, and I feel like I’m clinging on by my fingernails. Yes, it’s all lovely fun stuff, but hectic nonetheless. But surely I can reclaim 10 minutes from somewhere for ...
3. Taking the Big Boost Challenge with Baby Bio
Welcome to the latest update on my Baby Bio® Big Boost Challenge project. The Big Boost Challenge involves using Baby Bio Outdoor® Flowers & Shrubs to show just what a difference the right plant food can make to your plants' size, health and number of flowers. Baby Bio® Outdoor Flowers & Shrubs is a liquid feed tailored to the needs of flowering plants and shrubs, giving you up to 70% more flowers compared with not feeding. ...
Giveaway: Baby Bio Outdoor Plant Food Range
Welcome to my latest Baby Bio® giveaway. This summer I’m trying out Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food in my garden and allotment, and I've got four prizes of the Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food range up for grabs. Baby Bio® is about more than just indoor plant food, with a new Baby Bio® Outdoor range designed specifically for outdoor plants. I've been feeding all my plants with Baby Bio® Outdoor, and everything is growing like crazy! My containers ...
Review: Riverford limited edition Sarah Raven recipe box
As you know from this blog, I’m a big fan of gardening, and we love cooking with the fresh fruit and veg that we grow. So when the team at Riverford asked us to try out their limited edition recipe box, featuring recipes by award-winning chef and gardening guru Sarah Raven, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Riverford started as a very small-scale box scheme in Devon, and has grown to a UK-wide delivery service, supplied by regional farms. ...
2. Taking the Big Boost Challenge with Baby Bio
A few weeks ago I started a new garden project with Baby Bio Outdoor®. I'm taking their Big Boost Challenge in my garden this Summer, which involves using Baby Bio Outdoor® for Flowers & Shrubs to show just what a difference the right plant food can make to your plants' size, health and number of flowers. Baby Bio® Outdoor for Flowers & Shrubs is a liquid feed tailored to the needs of flowering plants and shrubs, giving you up to ...
Giveaway: Baby Bio Outdoor plant food range
If you've been reading the blog lately, you'll know that I'm trying out Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food in my garden and allotment this year. Today I'm giving you the chance to do the same for free, with four prizes of the Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food range up for grabs. You may think of Baby Bio® in relation to plant food for houseplants - remember the curvy little brown bottle? These days Baby Bio® is about more than just indoor plant food, ...
Review & Giveaway: Greenhouse Sensation plant watering kits
Welcome to a new giveaway, courtesy of Greenhouse Sensations. I'm giving away a brilliant Quadgrow Planter worth £42.90, which is perfect for taking the hassle out of plant watering. If you grow plants in a greenhouse of any size, you'll be familiar with the task of regular watering. I've had a greenhouse on my allotment for a couple of years now, and I've learned the hard way that it only takes a day or two to create drought conditions in ...
1. Taking the Big Boost Challenge with Baby Bio
I've been having so much fun this week with my latest gardening project! I'm working with Baby Bio to take their Big Boost Challenge in my garden this Summer. The Big Boost Challenge is all about using the Baby Bio outdoor range to show just what a difference the right plant food can make to your plants' size, health and number of flowers. There are two products in the Baby Bio Outdoor range. Baby Bio® Outdoor for Flowers & Shrubs is ...