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Tips for Growing with the Moon in December

The veggies still in the garden are looking good, the bolting leeks have all been frozen ready to go in soups and casseroles...

Beanz meanz....full freezer!

Well! what a summer that was for vegetables! All over bar the shouting except for the winter veg....swede, parsnips, leeks....

Growing with the Moon in September 2011

So we did get the odd warm, sunny day and I got into the garden to lift some early potatoes! Now with September on the horizon...

Small Harvest

I just took a wander down our garden while wondering what to do for dinner tonight-and there it all was! There's plenty...

Growing with the Moon in August 2011

Tips for growing with the Moon in August Plant your flower bulbs whether in pots or the garden on 6 – 7 August Use a proprietary...

The vegetable garden in July

After the devastation in the garden due to the 15 metre leylandii tree landing in it during the gales I thought you would...

Have made an allotment on my patio

Hi everyone, this is my first blog about my patio garden and I would like to share with you my progress and to all us novices...

Tips for Growing with the Moon in June

To ensure grass grows back more slowly, cut it on a date favourable to flower plants or, if this is not possible, when the...

What to do when in your Moon Garden in May

Thin out your carrots and parsnips on a root day (4 – 6 (am), 13 – 14, 22 – 23 and 31 (after 11am) – 2 June), I know it is...

Adventures with radishes

I spent the very best part of the 70s in front of my television set entranced by “The Good Life”, so when we got our larger...

Growing with the Moon 11 - 18 April

Planting and pricking out is best done when the moon is descending which is from 11 – 21 but avoiding the perigee on 17....

Tips for Growing with the Moon in April

Growing by the moon is not always as easy as just doing what you feel like when you feel like it but, in my experience, the...

Growing my own!! March 2011 :-)

My first blog and I hope not tooooooo boring! Very productive it feels so far on the grow your own side, So far up on my...

First plantings this year!

I may be planting a little early, but the gardening bug has bit me! A couple of container plants for the time being, so I...

February in the greenhouse

February in the greenhouse Yesterday (15th Feb) I had everything I needed so my Green & Red Peppers have finally been...

Growing with the moon in January 2011

Tips for growing with the Moon in January Provided the ground isn’t frozen you can plant fruit bushes and canes on 4 – 5...

Growing with the Moon in December

Tips for growing with the Moon in December When can we plant rhubarb crowns? Provided the soil isn’t too cold rhubarb stools...

Crocus Sativus -- ' Saffron Crocus '

Saffron is a beautiful and tough little plant that produces the worlds most expensive spice ... This is the start of a new...

Growing and harvesting your veg. In Tune with the Moon in November

Earth up spring cabbage on: 7– 9 (before 10am), 16 -18 and 26 – 27 (before 2pm) November. Prune currant and gooseberry bushes...

Why Do We Practice Crop Rotation?

Each plant has its own nutritional needs and different plants draw nourishment from different layers of the soil. As a result,...

What to do in your Veggie Garden in October growing by the Moon

Tips for growing with the Moon in October Earth up leeks on 2 (after 2pm) -3, 11 – 12, 20 – 22 and 30 October. Plant gooseberry...

What to do and grow in your veg. garden in September

Tips for growing with the Moon in September As you harvesting the last of the beans and peas, cut them off the stalk leaving...

The harvest continues in our organic and lunar gardens

We are having no problems getting our 5-A-Day right now with a huge variety of veg to select from. We've now lifted all...

Veggie growing so far......

Well we're looking at this years garden to veggie allotment conversion as a learning curve. As well as learning loads and...

holly cabbage and bendy carrots

hi there just wondering has anyone out there grown sweet potatoes and have you heard of a hot bed just come from my allotment...

Growing with the Moon in August

August is the time to be thinning your brassica seedlings, remember to thin the leaf brassicas such as cabbage and kale on...

veg in the garden

just sum of my veg that i grew and it tastes yumy

Harvest Time!

We are now reaping the fruits of our work earlier in the year. with new potatoes, baby turnips, kale, salad leaves, swiss...

Growing by the Moon in July

It is tempting to think that you don’t need to keep sowing crops in July but to keep the vegetables coming, you need to keep...

What is happening in the MBs' vegetable garden?

I feel completely embarrassed that a whole month has gone by since I last posted! In my defence Mr MB & I were at Gardening...

my first 3 months of growing my own

Well its 3 months on from were I first started and yes I’m still loving growing my own. There have been ups and downs but...

birdwatcher

many years ago i grew broccoli, it was a great success. the top grew like a small cabbage, being poor, i chopped it with...

Growing with the moon in June

Well May is nearly past and it is time to give you the info for growing in June. We’ve had mixed success with our germination...

Garden catch up

With my garden being mainly herbs and vegetables there's not much going on at the start of the year and I tend to forget...

My Veggie Patch!!!

Monday i brought some Baby Veg & Strawberry Plants because i planned on making a Veg Patch in my garden :) Can u see...

Tips on growing your vegetables in tune with the moon in May

The crops are growing but so are the weeds! Hoeing them off as small seedlings makes the job a lot easier than waiting until...

French Field Trials of 'Growing by the Moon'

To put our trial of growing by the moon into perspective I thought you'd all like to see the results of a trial by a French...

Lots happening in the vegetable garden.

I feel a trifle guilty for not posting more often about what David and I are getting up to in the veggie garden... snag is...

Finally Planting Really Starts!

With the sun and warmth of the past few days we got into the veg. garden yesterday afternoon. As it was a 'flower' day we...

The first seeds of joy!

Well as many of you know, I love this time of year and today was the first day of many that I could get into the greenhouse...

Growing with the Moon in March

Well, assuming that the it actually stops snowing, the weather warms up and so does the ground this is what you 'should'...

Tasty Veg

The Gardening section of Saturdays Telegraph was discussing how we all tend to grow the same vegetables year after year....

New raised beds and items from a salvage yard.

Well its Feburuary and the ground is all boggy and wet, if its not frozen. So I thought I would use the space behind my shed...

Veg seeds

Just a quick blog, I have just been ordering my veg seed for allotment, don't know if anyone else has put this website on...

Growing with the Moon in February

Like most gardeners David & I are itching to get started... but we also have to be realistic! The ground is still far...

Gardening by the Moon in January 2010

Well as you all know we've still got over 8 inches of snow here and at 9am it was -5 and snowing lightly (what happened to...

No Dig Raised Beds

I have turned my lottie over completely to raised beds. I also try and grow my veg on a no dig system. The main reasons...

The new veggie garden

I've been promising you all for the last few weeks I would post this blog-finally got the pix out of Mr MB and promptly fell...

I WON STAR LETTER IN AMATEUR GARDENING MAG!

I must be having a lucky streak! after winning the local produce show on August 23rd I emailed AG magazine with a photo (below)...

Getting fruity in the garden!

Now GoY's dont be getting to excited about the title, as you may or may not know I am a dedicated Freecycler. Freecycle is...

I WON THE FIRST PRIZE TROPHY FOR BEST VEG IN SHOW!!!

I cant believe it! I am so pleased with myself and dead chuffed. The cheshire cat smile is going to be staying for a while...

Busy Summer!

The last blog was in May! Time flies. Theres been loads of things going on in the plot, almost too many to mention. The suprisingly...

Has anyone seen my veggie blog??

Well, it looks like its gone on its holidays and won't be back for a while so I've taken some more photo's and I'll try to...

pot grown vegetables

Someone asked a question a while ago regarding what vegetables you can grow in pots , I have a few so here they are. Courgettes...

Garden 14th June 2009

Thought I would creat an update of garden so I can look back when it gets cold. So far I have had strawberries, baby turnips...

Another month on

Its been another month now (3 months in total since we started the venture) and things are happening in the veg plot. Things...

Companion Planting.....

Hi all! I was reading Muddy Knees blogs and companion planting was mentioned. It got me to thinking. It would be nice to...

my garden

I grew up playing in gardens due to the interest of my dad and before him my bamps. This is the first garden that I have...

I am AMAZED............. how long has this been going on?

When we first started gardening, the Good Life was on the telly, anybody out there remember Tom and Barbara ? well we fancied...

A month on

Hi anyone whos looking. Its been just about a month since I wrote the last blog where I was just fencing off some land to...

New house new garden part 2...

Well my gardening buddies...that was an...emm interesting weekend.... Saturday freezing, wee snow flurries and hurricane...

My Homemade Cold Frame and Seedlings

My little strip of mud has been barren the whole winter and with nothing to do in the garden I occupied myself by building...

Greenhouse is Filling up

Sorry havent been here for a week or so, been busy with work and going mad at the weekend in the garden. Paul built a lovely...

Going Potty

Well I have decided to go ahead, dig up my bit of front lawn and create a potager garden -that way if I dont get the go ahead...

My New plot

I have just started a new venture. I have fenced off the boundary of the land that belongs to the house after many years...

Sowing the seeds part 2

Sunday 2nd March It was the second weekend of really nice weather, so decided to go to Haskins to get some Raspberries, Peppers,...

Sowing the seeds

Saturday 21st February Well, the Christie’s have finally started to grow their own veg. Saturday Morning arrrives, the beast...

Potential Disaster

Ok that is a bit overdramatic! Went down to the veg garden to dig it all over and plant my onion sets as the weather was...

2009 - The story "begins"

So this year I'm going to take it seriously. For Christmas I got one of those books of "Times Answers" and one of the questions...

menure on veggie patch?

Hi I have just dug a veggie patch and put raw horse menure on it. Now I am worried about how long before I can plant my...

A good day for sorting out the veg and herb patch

I started by building a frame for my french runner beens I recone it should do the job I then went on to build myself a...

Free Sample of In Tune with the Moon

Hi All You can now download a free sample of the above title by clicking Free sample>> enjoy!

Getting started 2009 - week 1

Well some progress has been made-Have employed friend's son to do digging -I can't-broke my elbow! Husband also unable to...

Just finished a bit of a tidy up and seed planting...

This week is the start of the busy gardening chores list, from cleaning and preping the greenhouse to planting endless trays...

beat the inflation

Although I am an inexperienced gardener, I tried to grow few vegetables. In the past I have grown potatoes,and runner beans....

spring is on it's way!

I have a lovely little patch of crocus on my front lawn and more exciting my French neighbours have been out today digging...

re veg planner

about the veg planner, sorry, they come in packs of 12, but,go to FUNFUZION.CO.UK, look for garden, they are on page 2, ...

Got the fruit bushes planted.

At the back end of last year we bought some fruit bushes to create a fruit area at the back of the garage. They are having...

for us beginners

hey everyone, I have found a wonderful thing for all beginners like me, a organic veg planner, tells you what, where, when,...

Snow's away...

Finally we have bare earth again, the snow having melted over Sunday and yesterday. In fact having been -7C towards the end...

Getting started 2009

I always wanted to have an allotment, and I did share one with a friend for a couple of years but it was in a less than ideal...

First kitchen Garden!

Well, hi. I'm Anni, I'm 20, mother of an 8 month old son, and just moved into the first house with a garden. My family's...

The Veg Patch '09 cont...

15.02.09 Hi Everyone. Just updating you all on my progress. I am awaiting the arrival of my plug plants, including an herbaecous...

More info on growing by the moon

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Growing with the Moon

Hi and welcome to my blog on growing with the moon’s cycle. Over the year I plan on sharing with you the ups and downs of...

Recession Gardening

In straightened circumstances I need to cut our food bills (who doesn't) but I cannot decide where to put my efforts this...

Starting The '09 veg patch

Entry Two As you all know, I am really determined to step up the level of my gardening. I am a novice gardener, but I still...

Got new "babies"

Today we went to visit Joe Maidens' (Gardener on Radio Leeds") Nursery, you can't call it a garden centre, it's definately...

One minute it's wet and windy, then it's sunny.

My husband had started emptying the veggie bed, while I was out of Friday. When I got home, I had to stop him, as there were...

Marges garden club part 2.

The Radio Leeds Gardener, Joe Maiden, said he had just received an award for Services to Gardening in the North (of England)....

marge been to garden club.

Hi, thought I would tell you all, I have had a super evening, my husband Roy, came with me to my monthly garden club because...

daily non doings Tues 21st Oct.

We have had another bright day, beautiful when you are indoors looking out, but the wind chill has been dreadful. What is...

Sat. daily doings, tidying, seeds and snails.

Had another lovely autumn day, carried on with my clipping and tidying, got the back ache to prove it. My garden looks a...

Daily doings.

Hi, been to my gardening class today. We are getting round to the nitty gritty stuff today, started learning about the P/H...

Introducing myself.

Hi, I am Marge, I blundered into this site by accident, but it's great, seeing all your photos and write ups. I retired last...

A green (and wet) garden

It's been a while since I wrote about my garden, partly because of being busy (more on that later) and partly because my...

Veggie growing

I've just been reading mazz's blog, I too have ventured into veggie growing recently. Have tried a few things in the garden...

great guys

hi again, wow, what a response i've had from all you lovely, friendly people, i'm overwhelmed.. thank you all so much. quick...

going solo

never again will we buy veg from the supermarket...well that is the idea anyway, whether it will actually happen , who knows,...

Veg growing

After last years weather devastated most of my veg, this year has been brilliant. Spuds galore, beetroot, sweetcorn, cabbage,...

My Square Foot Garden

I was always interested in growing my own vegetables and have spent two successful years growing beans and chilli's hydroponically...

Carpe Zucchini!

I read on a favorite blog of mine (http://organictobe.org/) that it's not too late to start zucchini seeds. I had given...

Gogi berry and blight.

I don't know if you will remember that I lost all my tomatoes and potatoes to blight last year. Apparently the culprit was...

Cape gooseberries. - Extending Crops.

Last Autumn I found 3 seedling Cape gooseberries in the garden, I overwintered them in the greenhouse and had a very early...

Dying Vegetables

I am pretty desperate to find out what on earth is happening in my veggie patch. About 2 years ago, my established summer...

whats on the menu tonight?

well i've been raiding the garden looking for inspiration yet again... it all started with the purple sprouting broccoli......

Impatient

Yes That's me. I have planted all of the boxes in my patio garden and everything is growing fairly well, peppers are setting...

kitchen garden

If there is one place i love to be other than in my garden then that would be in my kitchen! This week I have had the pleasure...

pics

Wasn't too hard to get help, If it's computer related he loves it. Computers are his life. So after the little storm was...

Too many plants ... too little space/time ..

So I've done it again ... got carried away, planted all my veggie seeds at once in a germinating frenzy and then looked on...

wind beaten

Thanks to the replies to my very first blog about my patio garden, yes it is very warm here and the plants really seem to...

patio garden

Last summer my husband found a book called square foot gardening and he put together a small garden for me so I could have...

freezing seeds

This is our first year starting a vegetable garden. My mother gave us some frozen seeds to begin with but I noticed some...

fleeced up and scared of frogs

Briefly heard on the radio that their would be frost tonight and four the next four days I think. Checked on bbc weather...

Epsom Salt

Do you know that Epsom Salt is a great fertilizer for your tomatoes and flowers. I always put some in my water barrels and...

Me and my garden.

When hubby and I moved into this house,1979-80,a pre-war semi.with solid herringbone oak floors,and a pantry with a thrall.we...

Square foot plot -getting crowded and green

My seeds are growing, the lettuces, some three types are nearly ready to pick and come again. Have started thinning out...

veg garden update

had to work sat, arrived home late afternoon and found all the veggies planted out by wifey.runner beans, courgettes. squash,...

My New Veggie Patch

Well, I've finally got there! My new veggie patch is finally planted up and, by the looks of things out of the window, are...

Told you it would be a good weekend!

Well it's been a gorgeous day here and got off to a good start. I went for a quick walk very early to take some photos of...

Looking forward to the weekend

We've been so hectic since getting back from Japan that I haven't had time to spend in the garden. It doesn't look too bad,...

Buckets full of rain

Well my beloved decided he would have to start the foundations for our new greenhouse and although he was only able to do...

exhausted!

Had a hard days work in the garden today! thought i'd start with an easy job so watered all the greenhouse and polytunnel....

From mud to grub

Well... what a weekend. We have gone great guns this weekend! Hubby finished digging over the left hand side of the plot,...

Victorian hotbeds.

With winter running into spring I'm seriously considering making a victorian hootbed for an early start to crops next year....

Square Foot Garden 2008

I cannot believe how quickly the growing seasons change. Last week it snowed (really unusual in Hampshire) and this week...

March 2008

The blueberry bushes from poundland are looking good and im sowing cape gooseberry today 05.03.08. I hope they turn out well....

Last Year 2007

Well I would rather forget about it. First year in my new garden. It had not been cultivated for twenty years and with all...

Warming ground and killing weeds

Made some progress in the garden in February and feeling good.... Filled up the two plots - Filled one plot with organic...

Doesn't spring spring!

Well it looks like my new 'blog less, more often' regime is yet to kick in and I can't even blame my plants for not needing...

Digging for Victory over Global Warming

well...... every little bit helps Spring appears to have arrived.!!!! The daffs are in flower, I saw my first bumble bee...

a sunny weekend

just had the most glorious weekend weather, so we decided to get stuck into the long list of jobs that need doing before...

Memories ( For My Little Dog Bubbles )

hi everyone, I am really enjoying myself looking at all the lovely photos and just being part of such a friendly site. Memories,...

Looking forward to gardening after a 2yr Hiatus

Dec 7th 2007: -10C and LOTS of snow. We are in a new house with untouched grounds to play with. The snow is currently about...

a bit about me

Hi all I'm a mum of 2 (age 7 and 1) and live in Wales. I had an allotment for a couple of years, but aquired a garden when...

getting ready for next year

I have just spent an hour or two in the garden clearing up I have come to the conclusion that I am a veggie person not plant...

Productive vegetables - your ideas please

This year I think my chili plant has been my favourite; I love cooking with chilies but that is not the reason why. I like...

What a summer

Well, this hasn't been our best summer in the garden. Last year we grew so many courgettes and tomatoes (and even some marrows,...

RHS Great Autumn Show

The RHS Great Autumn Show held at Horticultural Halls, Westminster was titled ‘Harvest Market’ as it followed their ‘Grow...

maisymulcher introduces herself

hello fellow growers, I am new to computers so you will have to bear with me. But I am an old hand at growing veggies, and...

Square Foot Gardening

The Winter Clear-out has begun! You know when you get to the end of a season, and you look back and think of your successes...

Autumn Soil Preparation

The weekend so far has been far more work than the laziness of making my animation last Sunday. This afternoon we took a...

Taking Stock

All of us seem to agree that its been a strange year for the garden. Outdoor Toms a write off due to blight, but most plants...

Beginning to garden

With two exceptions (my courgettes and watercress) everything in my garden has almost taken care of itself. It looks green...

Windy day.

A brisk wind was blowing when I finnished my early morning job, feeding the ducks and chickens and turned to go indoors. I...

A happy garden

It's been a while since my last blog and to be honest I've not had to do anything in the garden other than enjoy it! Last...

Square Foot Gardening

I thought I would update you on how my Square Foot Garden has done over the summer. I am really pleased with the produce...

Off to the local shows

Yesterday I headed to one of the many local shows going on in my area in August. They have had setbacks due to the foot and...

Garden keeping me busy.

The strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, black/redcurrants have finnished cropping, and we have enjoyed them with cream,yoghurt,...

Late sowing - my choice to extend the veggie cropping season.

Trying to extend the growing season, clearing the broad beans and an old strawberry bed, making a new raised bed, now planting...

More gardening confessions

After visiting RHS Wisley and Hampton Court I was back in my own garden on Sunday. It was good to actually be gardening but...

HAPPY DAYS!

Hello everyone, hope you're all well?! This is my first time writing a blog on here... so where do I begin??? Well I've...

Square Foot Gardening(2)

I'm really pleased this year as to how much my garden has grown in really quite a small space-baring in mind I have three...

Sustainability.

I am looking to grow more perennial vegetables, and heritage varieties, that I can save seed from year to year. Any suggestions...

Garden Neglect

Since I last wrote, the consistent mix of bright sunshine and heavy showers has meant I've done almost nothing to the garden,...

It's cold, wet and windy again!

It's cold, wet and windy again! Its been okay working in the Greenhouse though, i've got loads done and its looking nice...

Square Foot Gardening

This is something started 25 years ago by an American guy called Mel Bartholomew (who has several books out on the subject)...

Bananas, Nuts and a Pest

...Thats me :o) a completely mad novice with gardening, started two years ago, and have got the bug big time and my poor...