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 …
As well as the longer, (slightly!) warmer days, one of the delights of early spring is wild garlic. We’re fortunate to live in an area that has woodlands within walking/driving distance so each year it is readily available to us. We’ve been picking some here and there throughout the month but today we noticed the …