Although, looking out the window this morning, one might be forgiven for thinking that our tender vegetables might be more at risk from drowing than drought, it is worth remembering our hot dry summer last year. Here are a couple of top watering tips: 1. Always water your pea drill with a fine rose before [...]

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Hello!    Any suggestions for what flowers would be good to plant near autumn-fruiting raspberries to encourage beneficial insects for pollination and to prey on pests?

As promised I write to update you on our African Keyhole Garden.  We’ve divided the growing space by using coloured wool and it looks really bright and cheerful.  Today we started planting and our first crop is sweetcorn – a staple food in Uganda.  The other crops are not ready yet but we hope to [...]

We naively planted out our cabbages last week and I had a dreaded thought over the weekend that we hadn’t covered them.  My heart sank when I went to check today – those pesky pigeons had eaten the lot.  Not to dwell we planted our spare plants today and the students made a home-made cage [...]