Many among us use garlic in our everyday recipes and it is luckily an easy, low maintenance crop which takes up little room. The taste of a homegrown crop can be far superior to most in the shops. It can be planted in autumn or spring and, if space is at a premium, can be[…]
How To Grow Garlic
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Spring Oct 20, 2021
Pick of the New Seeds From Dobies For 2022
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, New plants, Ornamental gardening, Seeds Sep 14, 2021
Dobies have been supplying seeds to gardeners for over 125 years, and you can trust them to bring you new and exciting varieties to make your gardening easier and more productive. Below are a few of the varieties I have chosen from their new seed range for 2022 that I feel are particularly outstanding. Nasturtium[…]
Why You Should Sow A Green Manure This Autumn
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Autumn, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Seeds, Winter Sep 07, 2021
What is a Green Manure? Green manures are seeds sown into vacant areas of soil where no crop is required at that time. They can then later be strimmed and dug into the soil to improve fertility and soil structure. They are usually used in vegetable plots, but can also be used in areas where[…]
How To Propagate Strawberries By Runners
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners, Propagation, Summer Aug 10, 2021
Most people love strawberries, and what a treat to have a delicacy that is part of your five a day. Plants can be propagated from seed, but this usually leads to inferior plants. Propagating from runners is more certain to produce plants that are identical to the mother plant. Most strawberry plants, apart from perpetual[…]
How To Grow Turnips For Their Tops
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening Jul 06, 2021
Many of us know turnips for their roots, but how many of us know that turnips can be grown for their foliage known as turnip tops or turnip greens? These delicious leaves can be used in our cooking in a similar manner to kale. Sowing Turnips can be sown both in the ground and in[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – Rose Incredible Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fragrant plants, Fruit and veg gardening, Ornamental gardening, Plantaholics choice, Roses Jun 15, 2021
Most roses are grown for their stunning blooms, and believe me these Incredible Roses possess beauty in spades full. However there is a lot more to this series of roses than meets the eye, it is what meets the taste buds that is of additional interest here. On top of their beauty, each variety in[…]
How To Grow Kalettes®
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Fruit and veg gardening, Seeds May 11, 2021
Breeders have spent fifteen years crossing Kale with Brussels Sprouts to produce Brassica Petit Posy™, better known as Kalettes®. They make the perfect vegetable for those who are not a fan of sprouts, as the rosettes of frilly edged buttons have a flavour of spring greens. They also possess a similar nutritional value for our[…]
Product Profile – Natural Grower Organic Fertiliser
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fertilisers and Feeds, Fruit and veg gardening, Houseplants, Ornamental gardening, Product Profile May 04, 2021
I am proud to be able to introduce to you an award winning product which I will definitely be using in my garden this year. Natural Grower is an organic, plant based, vegan fertiliser which will help us all to garden in a fashion that is environmentally friendly, a subject close to many of our[…]
How To Grow Blueberries
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, Gardening for beginners Apr 13, 2021
Blueberries are one of the easier crops to grow in your garden or allotment and can reward you with a delicious crop. The cost of blueberries in the supermarkets makes the crop all the more welcome in our gardens. They are also a plant for all seasons, providing flowers, then fruit and then stunning autumn[…]
Plantaholic’s Choice – NEW Gooseberry Giggles Series
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Container gardening, Fruit and veg gardening, New plants, Plantaholics choice Feb 16, 2021
I am very happy to introduce this scrumptious new breeding in gooseberries which is an excellent addition to the kitchen garden or allotment for the following reasons:- Plump, rounded, juicy fruits with a delicious flavour. Powdery mildew can be a destructive problem when growing gooseberries. These varieties have displayed a remarkable resistance to powdery mildew.[…]