Garden Diary – March Ends on a Sunny Note


My gardening update for this Saturday... now Sunny ends after a week of much-needed sunshine, which hopefully continues into next week and beyond. Mr P has been busy working on some of the irrigation systems, checking for leaks, dead batteries and resetting programmes after the winter break in readiness for weeks of sun and dry... Continue Reading →

SoS: February – What’s Growing in Piglet’s Vegetable Plot?


Nothing much at the moment because I've not got my butt into gear. No, seriously. There are plenty of brassicas, onions, carrots, etc, for sale at the local monthly market, but after the drought last summer, I've decided to restrict what I grow. The caterpillar, slug and snail population only munch their way through any... Continue Reading →

Container grown veg, fruit and herbs – success or failure?


As summer draws to a close and my experiment to see which fruit, vegetables and herbs would grow successfully in pots comes to an end - I look back on the highs and lows. I’m not keen on the word failures but secretly I have to admit to myself there were several. For example, one... Continue Reading →

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