Weekend Gardening

I had a busy Saturday gardening and decided to share some of what I completed. I had several tasks and also after a trip to the garden centre to pick more up pots, naturally I picked up some more plants too. I have several strawberries that I recently moved from my old apartment and had…

Garden Preparation

As you can see from some of the articles that I have previously posted, I have started to make some preparations for the next gardening season. I purchased a greenhouse to protect new seeds and have planted broad beans as a start to the season. Now is the time to plan and prepare seeds and…

Broad Bean Planting

To begin the vegetable planting, I have started with Broad Beans, The Sutton (Dwarf) variety to be precise. This is the first time that I have grown broad beans but from research they appear to be relatively easy. I choice The Sutton  variety has they are a more bushy plant which are better suited for…

Container Planting

Before the gardening season starts again, now is a good time to get supplies and container for planting. There is such a wide variety of planters and pots that can be purchased or made to create an interesting garden. I think this is particularly important when you have a small garden as each container is…

Self watering planter

    On a recent trip to Ikea, I had an idea that I wanted to purchase a number of plants to create a flower box. When I actually arrived many of the items that I had picked on the app where not what I had expected or didn't create the look I wanted. I…