This week: covid, seeds and planting out

I’ve been out of action with covid for most of this week – I was fortunate not to get seriously ill with it, but blimey it’s pretty shocking how much it knocks the wind out of your sails. Yesterday I felt much better and had tested negative for 2 days running, so decided to spend […]

This week: Covid, equinox, seeds and seedlings

Just as spring equinox arrives (a highlight of the year for me, signalling the real end of winter darkness and inertia), I’ve finally come down with Covid-19. So whilst it’s been beautiful sunny spring weather here in London this weekend I’ve been holed up at home feeling sorry for myself (well, not very sorry actually […]

Slugs – a cunning plan….

Last spring, slugs got the better of me and entire rows of seedlings vanished, repeatedly. I’m 99% organic, so I don’t want to go for the nuclear slug pellet option. (I did it once a few years back in a fit of frustration and it’s really not for me.) I didn’t know last year that […]

A quick note of seeds, seedlings and planting this week

A quick record of things I’ve sown or potted on this week…. Spring veggies At the allotment, I sowed parsnips (tender and true), sicilian giant radishes and kohl rabi Azur. There are annual seedlings germinating in the soil in the raised beds now, so it should be warm enough for these to get going. Green […]

Composting joy (and a few tips I’ve picked up along the way)

A post about how I manage composting in my small London garden (and how much I love it!)

This week: war, seedlings and the impatience of early spring

A week of gardening for solace and hope in the face of terrifying world events