by admin | Feb 15, 2014 | AUTUMN, USING YOUR PRODUCE
Making Basil Pesto February is basil making time. In the highlands I have to wait till late spring/ early summer for the soil to warm up enough to get seed to germinate or plants to grow well. Once in, I feed and water well for 12 to 14 weeks. Then as soon as I see...
by admin | Feb 8, 2014 | AUTUMN, HOW TO GROW
Growing organic strawberries Love strawberries but worried about eating them or giving them to your kids, after all the bad press about the amount of chemicals they can contain? Want a great way of getting the kids engaged in growing something? Why not try...
by admin | Jan 30, 2014 | AUTUMN, HOW TO GROW
This is is my latest crop of potatoes- Dutch creams and Ruby Lou. Just delicious. Now is the time to think about planting an autumn crop. Mostly people only think about planting potatoes in spring when all the “seed potatoes” arrive in the nurseries and hardware...
by admin | Jan 22, 2014 | AUTUMN, HOW TO GROW
Growing Garlic Garlic is easy to grow and to my taste home grown bulbs have a much superior flavour to shop bought bulbs. They do not have the acrid after taste present in aged bulbs and most processed product. Although Garlic does not take up much room it is in the...
