Posted in Environment, Events, Isle of Wight, tagged Alan Titchmarsh, Arreton, Bembridge, Brickfields, Calbourne, Car Boot Sale, Chale, Gardeners' Question Time in Bembridge, Haylands Farm, Isle of Wight, IW Bat Hospital, IW Bonsai Society Annual Show, Lushington, Old Gaffers festival, Risky Business, Ryde, St George's Park Newport, St Helens, Switch, Tyne Hall, Unity Stompers, Wight Salads Open Day, Yarmouth on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are not going to Yarmouth to see the Old Gaffers this weekend there are a couple of garden related things on:
Wight Salads Open Day
The Main Road, Arreton. Tel: 01983 867022
Sunday 1st June
10.30am - 4pm
£2 for adults, children and pensioners £1 - proceeds to charity.
Guess who is going to officially open it at [...]
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Posted in Environment, flowers, tagged Endangered British Butterflies, Common Blue, Grayling, Lulworth Skipper, Small Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Chalkhill Blue, Wall Brown, Butterfly Conservation, aubretia, wallflower, buddleia, Sedum, Wendy's Shanklin page on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
This was brought to my attention by Wendy and I have copied the following from her very interesting Shanklin Page in case you have not seen it. The links on the names of the different butterflies take you to more information about it on the Butterfly Conservation website.
Butterflies desperately need good weather in the coming [...]
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Posted in Fruit growing, Growing in containers, Permaculture, Vegetable growing, flowers, organic gardening, tagged benefits of mulching, Different types of Mulch, Disadvantages of Mulching, grass clippings, mulch, Rock and gravel, Sheet mulch, Shredded bark, stone mulch, straw mulch, weed control, WeedBlock on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A mulch is a protective covering for your soil and is of great benefit whatever the weather is like. It helps keep the soil moist by preventing evaporation which means you won’t need to use so much water and your plants won’t get so stressed when it is very hot.
If you are growing in containers [...]
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The Fourth West Country
Scythe Festival & Competition
and the
South Somerset Green Fair
Sunday, 15 June 2008
10 am till 11 pm.
Thorney Lakes
Muchelney, Nr Langport
in the Somerset Levels
Photo: Pot Noodle
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Posted in Fruit growing, Planting by the Moon, Vegetable growing, flowers, tagged artichoke, basil, brussels sprout, cabbage, kohlrabi, sorrel, celery, chervil, chinese cabbage, cress, dandelion, curly endive, fennel, purslane, lamb's lettuce, leek, lettuce, rocket, spinach, cardoon, parsley, aubergine, broad bean, courgette, cucumber, gherkin, marrow, gourd, pumpkin, melon, pea, peppers, runner bean, sweetcorn, tomato, all cereals, All flowers, broccoli & cauliflower, All root veg, beetroot, carrot, celeriac, endive, garlic, Jerusalem artichoke, parsnip, potato, radish, salsify, shallot, turnip, onions on May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
According to the book I am using ‘In Tune with the Moon’ this is what we are supposed to be doing this week. I will try and be organised and post every Sunday what the book suggests for the following week. My review of this book.
If you are planting by the moon for the first [...]
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Posted in Events, Lifestyle, tagged Ventnor, Car Boot Sale, Calbourne, Brickfields, St George's Park Newport, Lushington, Brading, National Gardens Scheme, The Ventnorian, Big Green Picnic, Ventbag, Bembridge, St Helens, Yarmouth, Nunwell House, Chale, Ventnor Botanic Garden, Spring Plant Sale, Aldermoor Earthworks on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Don’t forget to visit
Ventbag
and
The Ventnorian
at the
Big Green Picnic
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May 10am - 7pm in the car park next to County Hall
Aldermoor Earthworks will be there with their straw bale barn with solar and wind power info and demonstrations.
Lots of other fun green stuff going on.
Southern Vectis will be offering discounted travel [...]
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Posted in Companion Planting, Fruit growing, Growing in containers, Permaculture, Vegetable growing, flowers, organic gardening, tagged aphids, asparagus beetle, beans, blackspot, carrot fly, caterpillars, Chives, Companion Planting, Nasturtiums, onions, Poached egg plant, sacrificial plant, Tagetes, tomatoes, woolly aphids, wormwood on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a fascinating subject you would think that you dig your ground, sow you seeds or bung your plants in, water, weed, feed and hey presto lots of lovely fresh veggies to eat - not if you put certain plants near each other.
I am just starting to investigate companion planting myself and am beginning [...]
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Posted in Blueberries, Fruit growing, Growing in containers, Soft Fruit, tagged Blackmoor Nurseries, Blueberry Berkley, Blueberry Bluecrop, Blueberry Bluegold, Blueberry Chandler, Blueberry Duke, Blueberry Patriot, Blueberry Spartan, Blueberry Top Hat, growing blueberries, growing blueberries in containers, how to grow blueberries on May 21, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Buying blueberries in the supermarket is very expensive, for the price of a couple of those tiny punnets of fruit you could buy your own blueberry plant.
A North American native plant that will grow very well here in the UK. Be careful about which variety you buy especially if you have a small garden some [...]
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We met at Tim’s new plot that he has borrowed from Fran, on what turned out to be a beautiful day.
We did a bit of digging and clearing for him. He has already made amazing progress in the last couple of weeks and has loads of plants in the two beds and a full greenhouse.
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Posted in Fruit growing, Planting by the Moon, Vegetable growing, flowers, tagged all cereals, All flowers, All root veg, artichoke, aubergine, basil, beetroot, broad bean, broccoli & cauliflower, brussels sprout, cabbage, cardoon, carrot, celeriac, celery, chervil, chinese cabbage, courgette, cress, cucumber, curly endive, dandelion, endive, fennel, garlic, gherkin, gourd, Jerusalem artichoke, kohlrabi, lamb's lettuce, leek, lettuce, marrow, melon, onions, parsley, parsnip, pea, peppers, potato, pumpkin, purslane, radish, rocket, runner bean, salsify, shallot, sorrel, spinach, sweetcorn, tomato, turnip on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
According to the book I am using ‘In Tune with the Moon’ this is what we are supposed to be doing this week. I will try and be organised and post every Sunday what the book suggests for the following week. My review of this book.
If you are planting by the moon for the first [...]
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