Vegetable delights
Sometimes, I think that gardeners, if they are not also cooks, forget that vegetables are grown to be eaten! Yet for what other purpose do we take such loving care…
How To Grow Peas From Seed
Growing peas from seed is the most cost-effective way to achieve a tasty harvest and, given good conditions for germination, we are confident that you will be delighted with the…
How To Grow Beans From Seed
Growing from beans seed is the most cost-effective way to achieve a tasty harvest. Given good conditions for germination, we are confident that you will be delighted with the results.…
Dobies Magic Bean Competition Results!
Dobies prize winning beans competition. Winners announced in true pantomime style!
Inspiration is all around you ..
All too often you slave away in the garden or allotment and feel that the ongoing chores are endless – digging, weeding, sowing, thinning, protecting from predators, and of course…
News from the Elephant Farm
Hello there from wild wind swept Devon, I love this time of year, all the hard work is rewarded with the bountiful crops that are coming through. The peas will…
May Miscellany continued
I am writing this post just one day after the one I posted yesterday, on Sunday 26th May. Only because I am taking a holiday which for me is unusual…
On The Elephant Farm – Peas!
Hello fellow gardening folk, What wonderful weather we have had, it has warmed the ground up lovely. I put out my peas this week, “Early Onward ” an easy to…
Gaining a head start
At last, the sun is shining, everywhere in the UK as well as here in the north Cotswolds from where I write this blog post. I walked around d the…
Return to the wilderness!
After three weeks away working on the continent, I could not really believe the transformation that had taken place in the garden. Not so much weeds, but the sheer entanglement…