New allotment plan and other experiments.

New allotment plan and other experiments.

by | Apr 15, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Seasonal Cooking, Spring

Every year I mulch my no dig allotment with an inch or two of composted manure or homemade compost, but this year I am trying something different! This was my allotment in the winter of 2017, Charles and I mulching with some beautiful local manure. The load cost me...
How to prick out seedlings (and other February gardening)

How to prick out seedlings (and other February gardening)

by | Feb 27, 2018 | Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Spring, Winter

It feels strange to be writing about heat loving plants like aubergines as Britain is gripped by unseasonally cold weather. Kitchen gardening is about always thinking ahead, anticipating and planning for what is to come, so I have been happy thinking about warm summer...
Sow now! for winter and spring harvests

Sow now! for winter and spring harvests

by | Sep 12, 2017 | Autumn, Blog, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, Winter

This is the second part of my series of blog posts, explaining how to grow vegetables and herbs which can be sown now to see you through the winter and spring – no hungry gap in 2018!  I have added the category No Hungry Gap, so you can find them easily using...
Growing for winter harvests: what to sow and when!

Growing for winter harvests: what to sow and when!

by | Sep 9, 2017 | Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, Winter

Now is the time to start planning and sowing for late autumn, winter and spring harvests, no hungry gap in 2018! Over the next few weeks I will be sharing my sowing, planting, soil preparation and other seasonal plans for growing under cover and outside. First of...