NomeGrown

Last year I set myself two new challenges: to start a cut flower patch, and to grow some cauliflowers. I'm pleased to report that my ...

We don't have a very big lawn in our garden, but it still managed to be a lot of trouble - it had become infested with couchgrass and lo...

When you think of organic growing, there are a lot of things that might come to mind. You might think of nasty organic pesticides such as py...

I've dabbled a little with green manures before - mostly scattering phacelia seeds here and there at the last minute of the growing seas...

Every year, in the middle of March, Eddie and I take a week off together with the primary intention of getting the allotment in order for th...

At the beginning of the season I wrote about strategies for coping with drought and hosepipe bans. Hmm. Now, after two record-breakingly wet...

I couldn't resist - the bees were loving the sunshine and the phacelia at the allotment today and I took loads more pictures.   ...

Just a few quick pictures taken this morning of bees enjoying my sage flowers. They looooves them sage flowers. Good to ...

I've been feeling a bit bad for the bees in our garden - they've been out and about for a while now due to the mild winter but, exce...

So winter came after all! Just in time for the arrival of ten new bare-root strawberry plants. There's nowhere for them to go - all...