Good news for British tomato growers. Thompson & Morgan have a blight resistant tomato collection in the new 2011 seed catalogue. As you can tell by our posts over the summer, the blight fungus …
Caithness flowers for bees
Wild flowers have been sown at Caithness farms to attract bees. A recent BBC article highlights the work being carried out in Scotland to help boost numbers of the rare great yellow …
Plant of the month – Sedum
Sedum spectabile or ice plant, is a wonderful flower for adding autumn colour to the border and is loved by bees and butterflies. Growing to a height and spread of around 45 cm, Sedum …
How to Grow a School Garden
Bucklin-Sporer and Pringle, gardeners and educators, bring extensive experience to this excellent manual for teachers and parents interested in creating school gardens. With step-by-step tasks, …
The Blight is Back
A very wet July and August has seen the return of the dreaded tomato blight. With a warm and dry start to the summer, the tomatoes were looking healthy and strong, then along came July and …
A Thingamadig
Following on from our recent article about using hand tools in the garden. we have recently found this Thingamadig from Lakeland. The Thingamadig is manufactured by Dalson in Australia for …