A journal of our growing adventures in a newbuild kitchen garden on the East Coast of Scotland.
Within my small garden we are always a bit tight for space. I’ve tried growing my potatoes in the ground but I find them to be equally productive in containers so it’s an easy way for me to ensure that I can grow more of the things that I love. A few things to bear …
Partly fuelled by a desire to make better environmental choices (fewer plastic-wrapped bags of compost and making use of our, albeit limited, household food waste) and partly for economic reasons (we spend A LOT of money on compost each year as we top up our no dig beds), we decided to find a way to …
Controversially, I’m not a huge fan of the sun or scorching hot days (which we fortunately don’t get many of here in Scotland) but there are a few things that fuel my love of summer and one is most definitely freshly picked, sun-ripened and sun-warmed strawberries! Our first year of growing them, we tried pots. …
It’s Garlic Planting Day! This year I’ve planted our garlic cloves a little earlier than I normally would. I had a bit of free time today and I was worried that it was now… or not quite never but certainly a while before I’d get round to it. There’s a definite nip in the air …