The Met Office has launched a new dashboard of weather gadgets aimed at allowing users to add and customise information from the Met Office website. These will help vegetable gardeners who are growing weather-sensitive crops. Read More »

Plant garlic & onion sets if not already done

Crop:

celeriac, celery, leeks, parsnips,

sprouts, cabbages,

Jerusalem artichokes, & spinach beet

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John Oldham, an experienced gardener, has come on board as a TopVeg Consultant.
John and his wife Barbara, created a garden at The White Cottage Halsham, which was open under the National Garden Scheme during a 30-year period. Starting in 1973 they transformed a wilderness into a wonderful garden where they were also self sufficient in herbs and vegetables. Read More »

The Pyramid Slug Trap is a selective, poison free, organic method of controlling slugs in the garden. This is the ideal pest control method for slugs.

Great value at £19.95 incl. postage & packing.

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Winter salads are excellent value, especially oriental varieties. They can be grown outside in the vegetable garden.

This patch of Mustard - variety Mizuna - is doing well in Yorkshire. The center leaves are cut out with scissors, & provide fresh winter salad leaves with a bite! Read More »

The only Crab Apple cultivar recommended for culinary use is ‘John Downie’.

This tree (Latin name - Malus John Downie) produces large, rich orange and red fruit with a good flavour, which are wonderful for making preserves. The fruit of John Downie is unusual because it does not overwinter on the tree. Read More »

Growing winter crops in a 15’ X 10’ Polytunnel by John Oldham.

Unlike glass, polythene radiates heat gained back into the atmosphere. Temperatures in a polytunnel can therefore actually be lower than outside, so only hardy salads and veg. can be successfully grown, Read More »

The favourite bean poll has been running for a month, and 54 people have taken part. Beans are easy to grow in the vegetable garden, and there is such a good selection to choose from, that it is often difficult to decide which to grow. Read More »

The Pyramid Slug Trap is a selective, poison free, organic method of controlling slugs in the garden.

Great value at £19.95 incl. postage & packing.

The Pyramid is a pain free, eco-friendly garden slug trap designed in Denmark - the ideal pest control method for slugs.

Slugs crawl into the slug trap, where they fall into a plastic bag, unharmed and without any stress. As there is no exit, the slugs stay there until they are lifted out of the trap in the bag, & disposed of, or released back into the wild.

The slug trap uses natural food as bait. Leaves, or other desirable bits from their favourite plant, are placed in the trap to tempt them in. So it is quite safe to leave the baited slug trap in the garden and it will cause no harm to birds or animals. When children or pets are wandering in the garden, this slug trap can be safely used as there are no poisons involved.

The device is stable & sits safely amongst flowers & vegetables in the garden. The dark, matt finish makes it unobtrusive, & it blends in with the background.

This slug trap is eco-friendly - removing slugs from particular areas in the garden, without destroying the environment.

Another benefit is that the gardener doesn’t need to keep buying more slug pellets. Once the trap is purchased, there are no more costs!

Its one way system and strong plastic construction (dimensions 30×30×25cms) makes the Pyramid Slug Trap a lasting and organic alternative to poisons.

£19.95 incl. postage & packing.

What people have said:

Mrs Risdale from N Yorkshire said, “At last my hosta’s can grow without the attack of the slugs!”

Jane from Ireland said, “It is so good to be able to stop the slugs eating my vegetables, knowing that the birds can still visit the garden in safety.”

Nev from Bedford said: “Great value - once purchased, that is it - no more costs”.