Garden myth: Milk or baking soda for powdery mildew? Every growing season it happens in my garden too. Everything is growing beautifully and then one morning I walk past the cucumbers, pumpkins or courgettes and spot it… That first little white powdery patch on a...
Container or garden bed? Where should you plant your veggies? Happy Wednesday, guys! Here's a question I get quite often: “Tash, should I plant this in a pot… or should it go into the garden?” And the answer is — it depends on what you're growing. I LOVE containers....
September always gets me excited. You walk outside, the days are getting a little longer, there’s new growth everywhere and suddenly you want to plant everything. But before you rush off to the nursery and come home with a boot full of seedlings — go and have a look...
This is your working garden companion for September. Print it out, keep it somewhere close, and actually use it. Take it into the garden, tick things off, write down what you're planting and make notes as you go.
By the end of September, I want this checklist to look like it has actually lived in your garden with you.
Okay, so you’ve decided what you want to grow. You’ve bought the seeds. You’ve got the seedlings. And then comes the BIG question. How much must I actually plant? Because let’s be honest, it is VERY easy to get carried away. You open a packet of lettuce seeds, they’re...
September! We made it. The days are getting longer, there’s that little bit of warmth in the afternoon, and suddenly every gardener has the same feeling. RIGHT. LET’S PLANT EVERYTHING. And if you’ve been raising seedlings for the last few weeks, you’re probably...
The calendar says spring… but is your garden ready? September has arrived, and this is usually when the gardening excitement really starts. The days are getting longer. We get those beautiful warm afternoons. The nurseries suddenly seem to be overflowing with...
