Dobies Blog

Christmas flowering houseplants bring the outside in at a time when most gardens are out of bounds. The lack of colour in our gardens at this time of year makes…

November gardening is all about maintenance and preparing for the winter months ahead. Although November can be a wet foggy month there will hopefully still be a few decent days…

Strong healthy veg plants will be more resistant to disease than those that are stressed so do keep them well watered, weed free, regularly fed and also well-spaced to allow…

We’re delighted to have Rob Smith, winner of The Big Allotment Challenge 2015 on the team. Rob’s love of veg led to the development of a new heritage veg range…

The 2016 veg range includes Rob’s Heritage Veg, selected by Rob Smith, winner of The Big Allotment Challenge 2015. Rob says “I have a real passion for heritage veg. These…

I’m sure several of you will have visited a Village Show at some time over the summer and strolled round the horticultural tent, perhaps thinking “wow” and occasionally “mine at…

Not too long ago Kale, or Borecole, was considered only fit for feeding to cattle but recently its popularity has grown so that it has now reached the dizzy heights…

No longer just grown for pickling and eating with a good chunk of bread and cheese, shallots have at last been recognised as a fine vegetable worthy of space in…

I thought I’d share with you an interesting email recently received from a customer giving feedback on her experience of growing Savoy F1 Rigoleto cabbage at their home in the…

Many gardeners have at some point suffered the disappointment of their entire season’s tomato crop being devastated by blight. With spores being carried on the wind tomato blight can spread…