What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
You sow foxglove, mullein and honesty in high summer, but they only flower the year after. Here is how to sow biennials successfully, and how to let them self-seed.
Kohlrabi is ready to harvest in eight to ten weeks. Sow in batches from CW 12 to 30, plant shallow and water evenly, and you will pick tender bulbs all summer long.
Some summer flowers resent every move and bloom even more freely when sown in place. Which species suit direct sowing, when the window is open, and how the bed refills itself year after year.
Dandelion, nettle, wild garlic and six more wild herbs grow right outside your door in spring. Here is how to harvest them young and mild, tell the toxic look-alikes apart, and know where not to gather.
Sow once, cut all summer long: chard delivers leaf after leaf into spring. Here is how to harvest it right, leave the heart standing, and even use the colourful stems as decoration.
Rhubarb is a perennial for life. Here is how to plant it right, harvest from April to Midsummer by pulling rather than cutting, and rejuvenate an old crown by dividing it.
When the summer flowers fade in September, the asters open and become the last big nectar source for bees. Here is how to plant, combine and care for them.
Kale, Brussels sprouts, corn salad and parsnip stand in the bed all winter and taste even sweeter after frost. Here is how to harvest fresh from the snow without the leaves turning to mush.
You plant an asparagus bed not for this season but for the next decade. From site choice to green versus white to the Midsummer stop: how to build a bed that yields for 15 years.
