Sometimes nature forces your hand and encourages you to get things done. The garlic I grow is a variety called Early Pearl. A generous friend sent me some to try many years ago and I had the best success with them. So, I saved them for the following year and have done so ever since. The great thing about this garlic is it gets going … Continue reading Slowly reclaiming control.
I’ve been a round the gardening block for ages, and I’ve learnt things. Many things. But still I fall into traps, make mistakes and don’t follow my own advice. One of the things I say often to many people – ‘if you don’t like it don’t grow it!’ That is why I have a large bed of kidney beans for yummy and delicious winter chilli … Continue reading Not all that glitters is gold
I like to think I’m a bit of an adventurous spirit and live by the philosophy of “try everything once and the fun things twice” hence we will not be growing sugar beet again – great idea in theory, but if you miss the short window of opportunity between too small to harvest and too late to harvest, they are very bitter and really yucky! … Continue reading I seem to be a creature of habit, and this is causing bean issues in my garden.
