By August/September lettuce is often getting past its best and can be prone to mildew as the days get shorter. Here are a few suggestions for some alternatives you might like to try growing for salads and stir-fries. Lambs Lettuce (Valerianella locusta) also known as corn salad Taste/type:Juicy, mild flavoured leaves. Sow: during July and [...]
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Leaves for Salads and Stir-fries
Posted in Growing in containers, organic gardening, Vegetable growing, tagged alternatives to lettuce, Corn salad, endive, Eruca sativa, lamb's lettuce, Mizuna, Pak Choi, rocket on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Planting by the Moon 28th July – 3rd August
Posted in flowers, Fruit growing, Planting by the Moon, Vegetable growing, 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 July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Does anyone know what plant this is?
Posted in flowers, tagged Cleome, unknown plant on July 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just found out that it is a Cleome. This is one of the plants that I bought at the Sunnycrest Nursery plant sale for 50p (see post below for details).
Sunnycrest Nursery Plant & Shrub Sale
Posted in Events, flowers, Garden Centres, Garden Supplies, Isle of Wight, tagged Island Images, Osel Enterprises, plant and shrub sale, Shanklin Osel Charity Shop, Sunnycrest Nursery, Wight Crystal Spring Water on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunnycrest Nursery Plant and Shrub Clearance Sale Everything half price or less! Grab a bargain and support an important charity at the same time. Sunnycrest Nursery Wackland Lane, Newchurch PO36 0NB Tel: 01983 867324 Open 9:30am – 3pm
Bad Ladybirds
Posted in Environment, Pests & Diseases, Uncategorized, tagged Buglife, Harlequin Ladybird Survey, Harlequin ladybirds, Harmonia axyridis, ladybird identification, Ladybirds of Ireland, Nature Detectives, UK Ladybird Survey on July 24, 2008 | 21 Comments »
No, it is not a case of our ladybirds not eating their aphids but intruder Harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis). These ladybirds were introduced into North America from Asia in 1988 and some European countries in the 1990′s for biological control of aphids and scale insects. The picture on the left shows what the Harlequin Ladybird [...]
The Edible Container Garden – Book Review
Posted in flowers, Fruit growing, Growing in containers, organic gardening, Permaculture, Vegetable growing, tagged Carol Klein, Gaia Books, garden design, Michael Guerra, Patrick Whitefield, Permaculture, Permaculture Magazine, The Edible Container Garden, what size container for which plant, what sort of containers to use, what type of soil to use for containers, what you can grow in containers on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Edible Container Garden – Fresh food from tiny spaces Author: Michael Guerra Publisher: Gaia Books ISBN: 978-1-85675-220-6 RRP: £11.99 122 Pages This book is packed with useful information, easy to read, interesting, with beautiful photos. This is not one of those books that has been researched but not tried out, it is the result [...]
Planting by the Moon 21st – 27th July
Posted in flowers, Fruit growing, Planting by the Moon, Vegetable growing, 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 July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Ventnor Permaculture Meeting Sunday 20th July
Posted in Events, Isle of Wight, Permaculture, Ventnor, tagged Angie's garden, Permaculture, Ventnor, Ventnor Permaculture on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This months meeting is at Angie’s (that’s me) in Upper Ventnor, sorry forgot to post about it, I knew where it was. 10:30 am – 12:30ish I have several shrubs that are 2′ – 3′ too tall and one that needs a couple of foot off its width, so bring some secateurs. Need suggestions about [...]
Water Butt Challenge
Posted in Environment, Garden Supplies, Isle of Wight, sustainability, tagged B& Q Newport, chemicals in tap water, Honnor & Jeffrey - Apse Heath, Rainwater, save water, Toogoods Rookley, Water Butts, Waterbutts direct on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rainwater is far better for plants than tap water and cheaper, here on the Isle of Wight where water meters are compulsory for about 99% of residents. We should all be doing our bit to save water regardless of water meters, it is one of the most wasted resources and one of the easiest to [...]
Using Seaweed in the Garden
Posted in flowers, Fruit growing, organic gardening, Vegetable growing, tagged compost activator, improve clay soil, make your own liquid plant feed, seaweed, seaweed fertiliser, seaweed mulch, Using Seaweed in the Garden on July 16, 2008 | 32 Comments »
If you live near the sea here are a few tips on utilising a valuable free resource for your garden. Seaweed is almost good as farmyard manure, although it is lower in phosphates but richer in potash. It is loaded with vitamins and minerals The best time to collect seaweed for use in the garden [...]
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