With limited space to grow in my back garden beds, I’ve had to make some decisions about what to grow. In the past, I’ve used a prioritisation matrix (I know, I know…) to help choose which veg to grow. Some of the criteria, like the cost in shops, were generic, but others were personal to …
Ahhh, it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas… Christmas, of course, is an awesome time of year, and also one of the very best times to have an allotment. There is nothing quite like sharing all your hard-earned produce with friends and family over a big celebratory feast. It is a special feeling …
When I first started out growing my own veg, one of the crops I was most excited about growing was the good old parsnip. Trouble was, I found them a notoriously fickle germinator, and in my first-year dreams of big, chunky roast parsnips didn’t even get to seedling stage. I found I wasn’t alone though. …
