Earthed Up! focus on growing edible perennials and other useful plants. I like to mix up my perennial veg with annual plants and wildflowers too. I am developing 'Polycultural' beds in my garden that were first intended as annual veg beds. Polyculture simply means growing different plants together, rather than in a Monoculture. Currently I … Continue reading Sowing and Growing in September…
The problem with packaging…
We are trying to find the most environmentally friendly way to sell plants, so avoiding single use plastics and going for re -use options wherever possible. So far we have set up a plant pot exchange at Belper Community Hall (Hooray!), which anyone can deposit or collect plant pots from. We hope to use as … Continue reading The problem with packaging…
Babies coming to life…..
At the beginning of our journey into building a plant Nursery.....It's the 22nd of January and I'm excited to see the Sweet Cicely are coming up, along with Chervil. It's hard to believe that they have liked the past month of frosty, snowy and rainy weather but there they are popping up. Chervil can be … Continue reading Babies coming to life…..