More and more people are growing broad beans. Other veg too, come to think of it. The turgid strength of growing-your-owning has everyone excited, and now public gardens are dusting off crop rotation plans to demonstrate food growing, but is it worth it? Well yes, according to delegates at the PlantNetwork...
I’m off to the PlantNetwork conference tomorrow at West Dean gardens, near Chichester. Industry folk and folk-eses are gathering to swap ideas for best practice fruit and veg growing, and then talk about how botanic/heritage gardens can support the British public growing their own. An ever more important...
Well, it had to happen. There's a dark side to GYO - at least that's what they're finding in the northeast corner of the United States. It's late blight and it has been killing the tomato crop. According to an article by Dan Barber, chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone...
Question: Why do worms have five hearts? Answer: Because worms have five lives.… and when one heart stops, the next one starts…. ... the conversation with a group of under 10 year olds about wormeries. The wormery expert felt oddly compelled by the logic, at least until a Doctor Who fan suggested that...
A rumour that the Garden Media Guild was preparing to 'drop' one of its most sought-after awards, the Environmental Award, because 'everyone is a green writer now' caused more than a few raised eyebrows among gardening communicators. Eyebrows reached their limits when the Guild's...
Her Majesty joined millions of grow-your-own-ists last week with a new allotment . Metaphorically, she has stepped into the large Wellington worn by a nation of new gardeners. The same boot-wearing crowd helped to rescue recession hit garden centres this spring by stripping benches clear of young veg...
Yesterday, public was asked on the news to grow their on food. Can't be better time for doing that. I got a brilliant article That I for wrote to the BBC Gardener's World On an application form for exactly that job. (but never managed to send it). It actually offers many innovative ideas coming...
Looks like it Jim! The fresh research gives another reminder to our historic know-how. Though interesting stats from Glasgow and St Andrews about reducing health inequalities. Hopefully it all keeps the benefits of green space high the agenda, constantly pushing and prodding for better budgets, expansion...
