February on the Allotment Garden
By Richard Chivers February can be a tricky month for an allotment gardener. It’s a month that teases us a…
Tiger Nuts: The Easy to Grow Superfood
When Is a Nut Not a Nut? When It’s a Tiger Nut! Despite containing the word nut in its name,…
Chitting Potatoes – Is it Necessary?
On the subject of potatoes one of the questions we are most frequently asked is whether or not chitting is…
Autumn Garlic
Planting autumn garlic will provide you with an early crop next year. A member of the onion family garlic is…
Brussels Sprouts Factoids
Love them or hate them Brussels sprouts are not just for Christmas. These interesting and, some would say, tasty little…
That’s Shallots!
No longer just grown for pickling and eating with a good chunk of bread and cheese, shallots have at last…
Savoy Cabbage F1 Rigoleto
I thought I’d share with you an interesting email recently received from a customer giving feedback on her experience of growing…
Plants for Coastal Gardens
We thought we’d share with you some excerpts from a Dobies of Devon article published in the February/March edition of…
How to Decide what Tomatoes to Grow
The range of tomato varieties from which to choose is so wide it is easy to fall into the trap…
New Vegetable Plant Varieties
Our brand new Spring 2015 catalogue is now available, bursting with a wide range of flower and vegetable plants plus…