Tag: Bob Flowerdew

How to harvest wisely

Pick produce at the right time or risk losing crops Autumn is setting in and daylight hours are slowly but surely reducing. We have had...

How to have greener, green manures

A vital resource but just take care which variety you sow The idea’s simple, practised by farmers for millennia. As crops and bedding go over...

Easy ways to secure more harvests later in the year

There’s still lots of potential to sow seed for autumn and early winter crops August is a busy time. There are so many crops that...

How to save your own spud sets

Size matters when you’re choosing your seed potatoes What’s a major difference between an early and late potato other than the latter’s longer time to...

It’s time to take your pick

It’s time to take your pick Right now many crops are maturing. It’s been a tough year, with many edibles suffering cold weather in much...

Worried about wasps?

How to keep late-summer wasps off our precious fruits using natural methods Wasps are a gardener’s ally early in the year and incredibly useful predators...