Gardening and pest control

Growing your own food is a great way to dip a toe into self sufficiency. Even if you don’t have a garden, you can still experience growing a small amount of fresh food, and herbs is one of the best things to begin with. Buying fresh herbs from the supermarket can be expensive. You get…

ever wondered what to grow on your balcony, in hanging baskets or on your windowsill?

My first week of participating in ‘The Gallery’ – with the theme of ‘green’ how could I resist?

Today’s carbon fast is an interesting idea to me. It reads “Have a truly “Green” lawn and garden by avoiding use of toxic chemicals.”

The other week I told you how to get free tomato seeds. This week I want to tell you about getting some free seed potatoes courtesy of potatoes for Schools. Unfortunately the offer is closed for this year, but you can register now ready for 2012.

I don’t know about you, but I’m itching to get my hands in the soil. The other day I saw clumps of snowdrops – for me, that’s a sure sign that spring is on the way and my mind turns to growing food and flowers in the garden. Fortunately, Britain On Show, are giving away…

When you wander around your local store, how many varieties of potato do you notice? In some supermarkets you might be able to choose from half a dozen, but in many stores you’ll simply have ‘reds’ or ‘whites’. Did you know there are, in fact, over 200 different potatoes listed on the British Potato Variety…