This post was inspired by an article I saw on the web a few months ago about growing vegetables in space. There must be plenty of wacky and unusual places that people grow vegetables so heres a few to get you started. If you know of any weird places to grow veg that I’ve missed, [...]
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Are you harvesting more runner beans that is humanly possible to eat and freeze? Are you over-run with tomatoes? Have you made enough tomato sauce to feed a small army and run out of ideas to use your excess? Then this fab new website, launched today called Lourish is for you! Lourish.com aims to help [...]
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Look at this earthworm, it may be slimy, long and good for the soil however it has revealed one of its hidden secrets to scientists this week. Scientists from Georg-August-University Göttingen in Germany have discovered that earthworms are in fact predators of living as well as dead plants. Their particular favourites are legume seeds and [...]
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Do you remember doing science experiments at school like the coin being cleaned when dropped in a beaker of coke or making a balloon rocket and firing it over the sports field? Even as adults we still have an inquisitive nature to discover the unknown. We all like trying to conquer new things in our [...]
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This year in my garden I’m trying to squeeze in vegetables where-ever I can and as we are concentrating on painting and cleaning up our decking area, this is a ripe sunny area which is going to be great for large pots and planters. As soon as the BBC’s Dig In Campaign popped up on [...]
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Introducing the Pineberry which looks like an albino version of a strawberry but with red seeds. If that isn’t confusing enough it actually tastes of pineapple! Pineberries are on sale in 45 Waitrose stores around the country for the next five weeks whilst they are in season. They originate from South America although now are [...]
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I’ve Guest Posted on Garden Trading.co.uk – Jobs To Do in the Garden in Spring
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Tracey.
Just a quick post to let you know I was invited to write a guest post over at Garden Trading’s blog and I accepted because I love their website and their products particularly the Wooden 3 Tier Herb Pot Stand which I’ve had my eye on for a while now! Garden Trading are a high [...]
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Here’s a bit of fun to celebrate valentines day, vegetable gardener style. Below is my cupid list to ignite your passion of growing, see if any of the following vegetable contenders make it onto your short list for the new season! 1. Scarlet Horn – Carrot If you like small packages, this is the one [...]
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Birds? Characters in the brilliant film Avatar? Nope and Nope, they are all varieties of Potatoes! This weekend is big news for the humble Potato, a versatile vegetable which can be boiled, mashed, roasted or wedged. With over 100 varieties to choose from at the National Potato Day at Garden Organic Ryton, its a good [...]
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iGrowVeg has been Nominated at the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Tracey.
Just a quick message, I’m smiling from ear to ear knowing I’ve made the cut for the Dorset Cereals Little Blog Awards! Every person who votes will be entered into Dorset Cereals free prize draw to win a case of Dorset Cereals, yum! iGrowVeg has been Nominated – Vote for Me Here! Also whilst your [...]
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