Vegetative propagation for everyone
When you really get into planting the garden you soon realize you can never have enough plants and one way to radically increase the number of plants in your garden … Read More
Category: Gardening techniques
Making seedling flats
These shallow wooden boxes are the traditional seed sowing containers and despite the introduction of some excellent alternatives they continue to be popular. This is because they are versatile, easy … Read More
Soil blocks, making and using
Soil blocks are small compressed blocks of special sowing mix (this is not actually soil) used for starting seeds. They are fairly new in this country, but have been used … Read More
Worm bins for kitchen waste
Many gardeners think of “fertilizers” as something they buy, while “waste” is something to be disposed of (via the ‘green waste’ bin.) This demonstrates how far we have all been … Read More
Crop planning, when to plant
After you have decided what to plant, you then have to determine when to plant it. If you are to grow a crop with the least difficulty and the best … Read More
Crop planning, where to plant
Once you know how many square feet of each crop you need, you have to decide what crop goes where. It may help to draw a diagram of all of … Read More
Crop planning, what to plant
If your garden is to realize its full potential for productivity you will need to get organized, so you know what to plant, when it should be done and where … Read More
Crop spacing
It is important that plants are spaced the right distance apart. Too far apart and space is wasted, too close together and they compete with each other. Every garden book … Read More
