When is the right time to pick pears?
Pears should never be allowed to ripen on the tree because:
Pears ripen best off the tree. Read More »
Young people relish the chance to get their hands dirty and grow their own vegetables.
Twelve year old Wayne Blackman-Wickens, of Uckfield,won the children’s section of the gardening competition run by Wealden District Council, reports the Sussex Express. Read More »
Thyme has such a subtle flavour, it was good to find this recipe on JoannasFood.
Click on the link to get the recipe of Steak with lemon and thyme which sounds a perfect combination!
Lemon and thyme go well together, and are often used in stuffings. Read More »
Farming Friends have kindly produced some herb growing cards for us to share, which can be printed off and used as a reference.Chives have delicate, spiky leaves which add flavour to tomatoes and salads.
Click on the image to view the Chives Growing Card.
Research by Gardening Which has shown that the quality of seeds sold in packets is abysmal.
Every packet of vegetable seed tested had at least one dead seed, and the number of dead seeds ranged from 1 - 72%. Also, an average of 20% of the seeds produced abnormal seedlings. Read More »
Mint (Latin name - Mentha piperita) - Perennial
Plant Height - 30cm/ 12″
Propagate mint by planting a root from another plant. Mint has creeping stems, which are vigorous growers. It is far easier to take a root from another plant, than to grow it from seed. Read More »
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents reported that in 2002 over 87,000 people ended up in hospital as a result of gardening injuries. The government then stopped the data collection service, but RoSPA warn gardeners to take care.
Gooseberries were so popular in the nineteenth century that hundreds of gooseberry societies were formed. The Cheshire Gooseberry Project is researching these.
The gooseberry shows of Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and other manufacturing counties, were conducted properly; and an annual account of them, forming a little volume, was printed and published at Manchester. Read More »
Farming Friends have kindly produced some herb growing cards for us to share, which can be printed off and used as a reference.
Sage is a silvery-green shrubby herb which adds flavour to pork & stuffings and aids the memory.
Click on the image to view the Sage Growing Card.
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