Gardening Tips & Trends

Keep the patch Wrapped

This is the time of the year when it feels like not enough hours In the day, so much to do, seedlings to plant out seeds to sow, rows to weed and bugs to banish, all the while keeping the newbies w...

Once Upon a Thyme

For my entire adult life, I have always had some sort of a garden and always a herb patch, but here's the funny thing, its only in the last couple of years that I have learnt how to use these herbs...

The Bees Knees

According to the urban dictionary; When the bees flit from flower to flower the nectar sticks to their legs. The phrase "Bees Knees" means sweet and good because the knees of the bee is where all t...

Dishing the Dirt

This year is 'international year of the soil' and a very timely conversation to be having as we plough head on into summer planting and working hard to maximise the space we have available. The ...

THE 'KISS' OF LIFE

KISS- Keep it Simple Sally! Many have tried before us and many will try after us, some have succeeded where others have failed. Growing a vegetable patch! To be honest its not rocket science, but I...

What a difference a day makes.

I currently have 10 vegetable plots at home along with my 6 plots at work. This is the time of year where we gardeners are trying to get a head start on our growing times, beating our previous year...

Beating The Blighters

The ground is warming the birds are chirping and the bees are buzzing, spring is defiantly here. This is my favourite time of the year. Granted with spring come the invasion of unwanted bugs. Slugs...

Passion or Addiction?

It Doesn't pay for me to ponder this question too much, its a bit like nature/nurture. What ever it is I'm hooked. Right from that moment when I pop that little seed into is seed raising mix, I'm t...

A Few Facts

The cotyledon is the first leaf that appears as the seed bursts into life and if you look closely you will see as the other leaves appear they are of a different shape. The cotyledon feeds the seed...

Sure you can use my Beer Crate for planting Vegetables... Yeah right!

Welcome to our weekly blog on all things gardening, I think I'm a bit obsessed with the whole concept of growing, both at our garden shop and at home if there is an empty container left unattended ...