Growing Vegetables
Chitting
This is done to potatoes. You get your (certified virus free) seed potatoes from a reputable source, and stick them rose end (most...
| Friendly Fire
These are the natural predators of pests and exist in a garden where no insecticides are used, and there are plenty of plants for ...
| No Dig
A method of gardening that many veg gardeners swear by. Clean and put your spade away. It’s not easy for a new plot, but very easy...
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Water Butt
(rain)A container for storing rain water. This water has no chemicals, so can be used to top up a
pond. The easiest way to fill a
water butt is to connect it to a gutter down pipe, from your house, hut, or greenhouse so when it rains, your butt fills. Have as many as you can, and put them near your veg plot if you can as it’s heavy work lugging watering cans around.
Willow
This natural product has been used for centuries for baskets and fences. It is very trendy to have a living
willow arbour, or structure in your garden, children love them.
Willow puts on an amazing amount of growth during the summer and then can be cut down in winter to provide the rods you need to make supports, or to weave. You can make lovely edges for beds from
willow, plus arches for supporting
beans and peas, and wigwams.