There are some things where you think, ‘Life’s just too short’. Stuffing mushrooms, for instance. Tidying up your second daughter’s bedroom. Growing celery (has anyone, ever, done this successfully at home?). And grafting vegetables. Grafting is actually a really old idea: people have been doing it for at least 2000 years. You take the roots [...]
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Hard graft
Posted in Greenhouse growing, Propagation, tagged chillies, grafting, peppers, tomatoes on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tales of an impatient gardener
Posted in Greenhouse growing, Propagation, sowing, tagged baby leaf salads, carrots, parsnips, salads, seed, sowing, spring, time management, tomatoes, winter on February 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s no good: I can’t resist. This happens every year in February. There’s something about the turn of the month that makes your gardening brain go into “spring” mode. Whatever the weather outside – and let’s face it, we’ve had some pretty horrific weather this year – I just want to get growing. If I were [...]
Forcing the issue #2
Posted in Container veg growing, Fruit, Greenhouse growing, Propagation, tagged containers, forcing, frost, Fruit, strawberries, weather, winter on February 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What a stop-start spring this has been. A week of watery sunshine got me all Tigger-like and bouncy in anticipation that finally, at last, the winter was over. Weeds were weeded, beds were forked over, edges were trimmed. Now it’s minus-goodness-knows-what at night again, blistering cold wind and sleeting rain all day. The allotment is under water, [...]
The cutting edge
Posted in Propagation, Pruning, tagged blackcurrants, cuttings, Fruit, techniques on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While I was pruning my blackcurrants the other week I spotted some handsome-looking young side branches. As so often happens at this time of year when I’m just itching to get growing something, they’ve made me come over all propagational. Any time from autumn to spring is good for hardwood cuttings, and it’s dead easy. I find [...]
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