Sunlight and warmth are essential for growing sweetcorn successfully in the vegetable garden.
Start the sweetcorn seeds off in the greenhouse, or on the windowsill, and transfer them into the garden when the weather is set to be very warm and all chances of frost have gone. This is usually early June. The sweetcorn plants will then romp away. Sweetcorn must keep growing, without any interruptions.
London Plane trees (latin name - Platanus × hispanica) are quite magnificent:
The flowers of the Plane Tree are wind pollinated and the seeds are dispersed by wind. The fruits dangle in a ball shape, and each fruit is made up of hundreds of small seeds. Read More »
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Sweetcorn, or maize, (Latin name - Zea mays) does not always grow well in vegetable gardens in the north of the UK.
Sweetcorn should receive at least eight hours of sunlight a day, so it needs a sunny site in the vegetable garden. Read More »
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It is time to pick Bramley apples before they are damaged by frosts and birds or blown off the tree by strong winds.
Click here for more information on when to pick apples. Read More »
The last tomatoes are being picked in the vegetable garden greenhouse. The hours of daylight are decreasing and the nights are getting colder, but the tomato plants may keep going for another week. Read More »
21st October 2007 is Apple Day. Apple Day is an annual celebration of the apple, orchards and local distinctiveness.
Each locality has its own special varieties of apples, with a particular flavour and texture. Apple day reminds us how special these apples are. Read More »
When Sara from Farming Friends asked the meaning of senescence, Aiyana came up with this poem from Ogden Nash:
“Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends.” Read More »
Australians are combating childhood obesity by integrating organic gardening, food preparation and healthy eating into the school curriculum. The initiative stems from
the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. Read More »
TopVeg is very practical - & that helps in the vegetable garden. This photo shows TopVeg standing on a wooden plank, which has been put across the vegetable bed, to avoid treading on the garden, which would damage the soil structure. Vegetables grow better in a well structured soil. Read More »
Bleeding Canker (Latin name - Phytophthora) of Horse Chestnut (Latin name - Aesculus hippocastanum) is spreading across the UK and killing the conker trees.
Bleeding Canker causes the bark of the tree to curl up.
The disease is terminal. Read More »
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