Growing Fruit & Veg

I have never had green fingers and tend to drive most of my houseplants to an early death so I don't really know why I decided to start a vegetable patch in the back garden.... I had been growing things like salad leaves and tomatoes in pots before but that was relatively easy - buy the plant, put it in a bigger pot, water it, take off fruit to eat. I think my main reason for starting it was the challenge of what I might achieve and I had no real expectations. My plan was to have a go at everything (within reason - I only picked plants we liked eating) from seed and see how things went. That way next year I could plan better and decide what was ...

I am happy to say that, since my eldest son and his family moved into a house with a very big garden, they have all gone gardening mad and have the most fantastic vegetable garden and fruit trees. The garden was very rough and mostly laid to lawn when they first moved in, and it was also on a slope. My son has since altered the slope so that he has three levels; the one nearest the house and the one at the very bottom end are both flat, the middle one still has a slope but he has compensated for that by making three raised vegetable beds which he has staggered - they look very effective and are extremely productive. He gardens completely organically ...

With the credit crunch now having a great effect on peoples lives.. with the ever increasing prices of fuel, heating and food, people are now trying to re-evaluate where they can save some money to try and stop the ever increasing cost of living. In recent months there has been a great increase in people starting to look at the way our grandparents used to live, and especially when things were tight during world war II, where they had the motto dig for victory. People are now starting to realise that by growing more fruit and vegetables in the garden, this really can save the pennies. Your dont have to have a huge garden to grow some lovely ...