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Winter jobs – planning and more…..

Use winter to plot, plan and develop your growing. There’s a whole lot of joy to be had looking at seed catalogues online, or getting them in the post and perusing in bed, curled up on the sofa, on the commute. However, selecting can be mind boggling, given the wonderfully wide range of varieties plant [...]

Jan 29th: Potato Day

Saturday 28 January 2012 – Open to Garden Organic members only Sunday 29 January 2012 – Open to all 10am – 4pm With over 120 varieties, 40 of them organic, Potato Day at Ryton Gardens, Warwickshire, will give budding growers the chance to buy seed potatoes in packs or by the tuber, meaning anyone with [...]

Fruit delights for Master Gardeners

Nearly 40 Warwickshire Master gardeners gathered on November 19th for day of fruit training. From pruning to propagating, redcurrants to raspberries – we looked at how to grow all sorts of fruit, how to maintain fruit bushes and trees and how to take hardwood cuttings. We also enjoyed tasting some of the produce Master gardeners [...]

In search of a free lunch – Stinging Nettle Soup

Yes the nettles are back after a long spell when they’d gone to flower and seed and looked rather old, stringy and tired. The new vibrant shoots are bright green. I wonder if they spring up new shoots during the whole growing season or whether it’s just in Spring and Autumn.. Anyway why nettle soup? [...]

It’s Chutney Time!

Still got a few marrows left? A couple of pumpkins hanging around? Are there still a few handfuls of green tomatoes doggedly hanging off the vines? Then it’s the perfect time to get making chutneys! And if you have access to some apples, even windblown ones, you can add a couple of those to your [...]