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 ...
Giveaway: Baby Bio Outdoor plant food
Welcome to a new giveaway on the blog. I'm partnering with Baby Bio to offer four great prizes of the Baby Bio Outdoor plant food range, perfect for giving your garden a real boost.With Summer just around the corner we're all keen to spend more time outdoors, and often more time gardening. I bet lots of us have made a trip to the garden centre to stock up on bedding plants for borders, containers or hanging baskets. And of course, we'd ...
How to create an eco-friendly garden
When it comes to your garden, do you try to be as eco-friendly as possible?Minimising our impact on the planet is by no means a new trend, and we're all very familiar with ways to be more environmentally-friendly around the home; recycling packaging, choosing low-energy light bulbs, and insulating our houses well are all pretty much the norm these days. But what about extending this way of living to our gardens?I bet when it comes to the ...
A Home-grown Health Kick
Do you grow your own fruit and veg? We started our grow-your-own journey a few years ago, and it has made such a difference to the amount of fresh produce we eat on a regular basis. We've found home-grown to be fresher, tastier and a really convenient way to manage a healthy diet.I've recently come across this great infographic from Premier Polytunnels, which has loads of ideas for getting more fruit and veg into your diet. There are some ...
15 Inspiring garden projects
Have you caught the gardening bug yet this year?With Spring well underway and National Gardening Week starting today, lots of us will be thinking about sprucing up the garden. Whether you want to just tidy things up a bit, introduce some new plants, or plan a big garden project, it's always really inspiring to take a look at what other people are up to.To help you with your garden plans for the year, some of the UK’s top home and ...
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