Kitchen gardening

Podcasts for gardeners

Most times when I’m outside I prefer to hear the birds singing and the bees buzzing. But the gardener who tends my neighbour’s garden likes to turn up his radio […]

Grow guides

A slow & simple salad

If you’re already growing salad leaves, you don’t need me to tell you that they taste a million times (approximately) better than anything you get in those shop-bought bags. Salad […]

Kitchen gardening

Earth Day 2021

The theme of this year’s Earth Day is Restore Our Earth. Regenerating and rebuilding healthy soils is a key part of the work needed to restore biodiversity and fight climate […]

Flower gardening

Why not peat?

How and why to garden without peat Towards the end of last year controversy struck the horticultural world. Monty Don used his gardening column to urge gardeners to steer clear […]

Flower gardening

Three reasons to plant a garden

This piece was originally posted on Medium. It’s the first thing I’ve published on the platform and, to be honest, it hasn’t been an overnight success. In fact, it has […]

Kitchen gardening

Why make compost?

The short answer is simply that homemade compost is brilliant stuff. It feeds the microbes that build healthy soils, helps improve soil structure and is a great way to recycle […]

Kitchen gardening

If you look at a natural ecosystem, you’ll find a diverse range of plants, animals, fungi and microbes living together, interacting and supporting a sustainable system. Everything from the rainforests […]

Grow guides

Growing Peas

One of my favourite memories from running a school gardening club was the day we harvested the first peas. One of the girls asked me what she was eating… I […]

Kitchen gardening

Five things you might not know about your garden soil…

A healthy soil is full of life… just one teaspoon […]

Kitchen gardening

Growing tomatoes

Ask a gardener which edible crop they would grow if they had space for only one, and you will often get the answer ‘tomatoes’. If you’ve tasted a just-picked, perfectly […]

Herbs

Five herbs to grow for bees

Herbs make great border and pot plants. They bring scent, colour and texture to a planting. Many have nectar-rich flowers to feed the bees too. And, if that’s not enough […]

Kitchen gardening

Garden positive… five easy ways to create a healthy, productive garden

Creating a kitchen garden is a rewarding and delicious step […]

Grow guides

Grow one thing… Parsley

If you’re the kind of cook who searches out fresh, seasonal ingredients, growing your own is a natural extension of your passion for good food. But when time and space […]

The Garden Deli

Kitchen gardening

Podcasts for gardeners

A slow & simple salad

Earth Day 2021

Why not peat?

Three reasons to plant a garden

Why make compost?

Diversity is good

Growing Peas

Five things you might not know about your garden soil…

Growing tomatoes

Five herbs to grow for bees

Garden positive… five easy ways to create a healthy, productive garden

Grow one thing… Parsley