Kirsten has wanted a tipping cart for quite some time because they are more manoeuvrable and steady than wheelbarrows, so she was really excited to assemble and use the Draper …
gardening
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Adding to the fuschias, agapanthus, and kniphofias, we plant delphiniums, phygelius and penstemons in this video. We’ve now planted out the last of our perennials in the back garden, and …
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I’ve always been a fit and sporty individual, and I’ve tried to find ways to exercise even when we had office jobs, from running and cycling to yoga and pushing …
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The blazing hot month of May has prompted the grass in our field to bolt and grow at a rate we’ve not experienced before. Three weeks ago I strimmed our …
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Last week, while preparing our newly constructed raised beds, I came across a wireworm in the soil, which was not good news as we intend to grow potatoes and other …
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With all the work happening on the veg patch, our ‘wild’ field has gone out of control. We need to strim it twice a year or the grass gets up …
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With the struggles of getting soil and other materials for our veg patch (courtesy of Coronavirus closures and disruptions) we turned our attention to making our compost heap.
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I’ve read about a dozen gardening books in the past 10 days as part of a vegetable growing crash course. As part of building and preparing our raised beds, I’ve …
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As we continue to build our vegetable patch (where we’ll be practicing companion gardening) we need to get a lot of rosemary plants. But they’re expensive when buying from the …
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We eat a lot of vegetables, and since we’ve moved to the countryside we’ve been experimenting with what we can successfully grow ourselves. Over the summer, we grew Isobel onions …