being plants

If you think your greenhouse is finished for the winter once the tomatoes are pulled out, then think again! The Greenhouse usually becomes a forgotten place where the spiders live in autumn and winter. In August, all the warm loving plants like tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers have been cleared away and you might thinks theres nothing worth growing now? But that’s where you are wrong! The Autumn and Winter months are where the greenhouse can help really you out. It gives extra protection for a long as possible to plants from frost, snow, the harsh winds and rain. The greenhouse also gives protection (as long as the door is shut) from cabbage white butterflies and other annoying pests too, especially if you have a friendly spider or two. Picture This… Cauldron of Baby leaves in the greenhouse In your greenhouse, picture a lush lawn of greens in troughs and containers, think lettuce without slug slime, think green leaves like rocket and mustard leaves not fl...

Out with the Old & in with the New Season Tomato and Sweet Pepper Harvest in Late August September is time for a season change, we are now coming into Autumn, which is one of my favourite seasons. In the vegetable garden, it’s a time for change, I’m harvesting all the tomatoes, sweet peppers and mini cucumbers in the greenhouse. Clearing out the courgette & summer squash plants, ready for the sowing of new seeds, planting out seedlings and preparing the beds for the onions, shallots or garlic. Soil Preparation for a new planting season I’m all for the no dig method of leaving the compost on top of the soil and not digging in. However, this year due to the extreme heatwave in the UK, I’m finding that it has dried out the soil and compacted it due to there being no rain for 2 months and I fear that if I don’t dig it, nothing will grow, due to the soil being like concrete below the first 6 inches into the soil and my new Leek seedlings won’t like that. Ove...

Out with the Old & in with the New Season Tomato and Sweet Pepper Harvest in Late August September is time for a season change, we are now coming into Autumn, which is one of my favourite seasons. In the vegetable garden, it’s a time for change, I’m harvesting all the tomatoes, sweet peppers and mini cucumbers in the greenhouse. Clearing out the courgette & summer squash plants, ready for the sowing of new seeds, planting out seedlings and preparing the beds for the onions, shallots or garlic. Soil Preparation for a new planting season I’m all for the no dig method of leaving the compost on top of the soil and not digging in. However, this year due to the extreme heatwave in the UK, I’m finding that it has dried out the soil and compacted it due to there being no rain for 2 months and I fear that if I don’t dig it, nothing will grow, due to the soil being like concrete below the first 6 inches into the soil and my new Leek seedlings won’t like that. Ove...