Blogs about: Fruit Growing

The Edible Container Garden - Book Review

Angie wrote 1 day ago: The Edible Container Garden - Fresh food from tiny spaces Author: Michael Guerra Publisher: Gaia Boo … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Flowers, permaculture, Organic Gardening, Growing in containers, The Edible Container Garden, Michael Guerra, Gaia Books, Permaculture Magazine

Using Seaweed in the Garden3 comments

Angie wrote 1 week ago: If you live near the sea here are a few tips on utilising a valuable free resource for your garden. … more »

Tags: Flowers, Organic Gardening, Vegetable growing, compost activator, improve clay soil, make your own liquid plant feed, Seaweed, seaweed fertiliser, seaweed mulch

Toxic Manure

Angie wrote 1 week ago: Important! Please read this post if you are growing vegetables,  some bagged composts contain manu … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Environment, Organic Gardening, Growing in containers, aminopyralid, contaminated manure, weedkiller, Herbicide, distorted foliage

Propagation or Taking Cuttings2 comments

Angie wrote 2 weeks ago: Taking cuttings is an easy way to increase your amount of plants and shrubs so you can keep a spare, … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Flowers, royal horticultural society, softwood cuttings, Gooseberries, Raspberries, blueberries, Propagation, how to take cuttings

Things to do in the Garden in July

Angie wrote 3 weeks ago: Keep a look out for cabbage white butterfly eggs on all of your cabbage family plants. If you see an … more »

Tags: blueberries, Courgette, Flowers, Organic Gardening, Pests & Diseases, Potatoes, Runner Beans, Vegetable growing, Aubergines

The Fruit Garden in July1 comment

Angie wrote 3 weeks ago: Thanks to Blackmoor Nurseries for their ‘Things to do in the fruit garden this month’ ne … more »

Tags: Nurseries, Pests & Diseases, blackcurrant, Blackmoor Nurseries, woolly aphids, Strawberries, Blackberries, Plums, peaches

Feeding and Watering

Angie wrote 3 weeks ago: It seems to be turning into one of those ‘funny’ years for growing vegetables. A lot of … more »

Tags: Courgette, Flowers, permaculture, Runner Beans, Vegetable growing, courgette, feeding plants, foliar feed, plants not thriving

Ventnor Permaculture June Meeting Review2 comments

planetcooper wrote 1 month ago: We held our June meeting at Ken’s land in St Lawrence. He’s really been getting on with … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, permaculture, Events, Organic Gardening, Isle of Wight, ventnor, Pests & Diseases, Ventnor Permaculture, St. Lawrence

'Gallop Round The Gardens' Review1 comment

Angie wrote 1 month ago: Last Sunday the 15th June St Lawrence Community Association organised ‘Gallop Round The Garden … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Flowers, permaculture, Events, Organic Gardening, Isle of Wight, Growing in containers, St. Lawrence, St Lawrence Community Association

Growing Cape Gooseberries6 comments

Angie wrote 1 month ago: Cape Gooseberries (Physalis peruviana) comes originally from South America as you might guess from i … more »

Tags: ventnor, Cape Gooseberry, The Ventnorian, Physalis peruviana, cape gooseberry, Growing Cape Gooseberries, Incan Berries

Plant Pests - Aphids

Angie wrote 1 month ago: Unless your growing area is completely enclosed with fine mesh aphids are a problem that you are goi … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Organic Gardening, Pests & Diseases, beneficial insects, greenfly, blackfly, aphids, plant pests, Aphids and Ants

Planting by the Moon 9th - 15th June

Angie wrote 1 month ago: According to the book I am using ‘In Tune with the Moon’ this is what we are supposed to be doin … more »

Tags: Flowers, Planting by the Moon, Vegetable growing, all cereals, All flowers, All root veg, Artichoke, Aubergine, beetroot

Plant Pests - Leaf Miner4 comments

Angie wrote 1 month ago: This year I have had terrible trouble with my Swiss chard, blotches all over the leaves which makes … more »

Tags: Flowers, Organic Gardening, Pests & Diseases, Vegetable growing, British Leafminers, Leaf miner, plant pests, Swiss Chard

Things to do in the Garden in June

Angie wrote 1 month ago: Plant out sweetcorn if you started it out in a greenhouse or indoors. Plant it in a block, if you h … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Flowers, permaculture, Organic Gardening, Growing in containers, Potatoes, sweetcorn, Shrubs, Things to do in the Garden in June

The Fruit Garden in June1 comment

Angie wrote 1 month ago: This is the June Newsletter that Blackmoor Nurseries send out every month. In your fruit garden - Ju … more »

Tags: Soft Fruit, Fruit trees, Blackmoor Nurseries, Soft fruit, boysenberries, tayberries, Blackberries, Apples, Pears

Do you Mulch?1 comment

Angie wrote 1 month ago: A mulch is a protective covering for your soil and is of great benefit whatever the weather is like. … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Flowers, permaculture, Organic Gardening, Growing in containers, mulch, Different types of Mulch, benefits of mulching, Shredded bark

Companion Planting

Angie wrote 2 months ago: This is a fascinating subject you would think that you dig your ground, sow you seeds or bung your p … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, Flowers, permaculture, Organic Gardening, Growing in containers, Companion planting, Onions, aphids, carrot fly

Grow some Blueberries17 comments

Angie wrote 2 months ago: Buying blueberries in the supermarket is very expensive, for the price of a couple of those tiny pun … more »

Tags: blueberries, Growing in containers, Soft Fruit, Blackmoor Nurseries, Blueberry Berkley, Blueberry Bluecrop, Blueberry Bluegold, Blueberry Chandler, Blueberry Duke

Ventnor Permaculture Meeting Sun 18th May

Angie wrote 2 months ago: Fancy a challenge? Tim did, he has taken over a neglected plot belonging to a friend so he can grow … more »

Tags: Vegetable growing, permaculture, Environment, Events, Ventnor Permaculture, Ventnor Permaculture meeting


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