As the days finally become colder it’s worth taking stock of spaces in the garden or replacing small fruit shrubs that are no longer productive. Every year I look at my fruit bushes at the end of the season, prune them, make a note of ones to be replaced and then curse myself the following … Continue reading Jostaberry
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Sowing and Growing in September…
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…
Dyers Coreopsis
Earthed Up! grow edible and useful plants and we have a range of plants for dyeing fibres, such as perennials Madder and Dyers chamomile. The range also includes easy to grow plants such as Woad - a biennial giving blue colour, that can perennialise, and Dyer's Coreopsis which is a hardy annual. You may know … Continue reading Dyers Coreopsis
Things that go jump in the night
I am on my nightly slug patrol, in the cool breeze after another hot day. My headtorch illuminating the slime trails. I pick some of those little pale slugs from under the pots of Good King Henry. They're sprinkled with confetti from the neighbouring wild carrot flowers. There's a giant orange-skirted slimer heading for the … Continue reading Things that go jump in the night
Sharing our house
I've been to different corners of Derbyshire these last couple of days. From Wessington to Crich, Shottle, to Derby. We deliver SylvaGrow peat free compost within 10 miles of our base in Belper. While delivering, it's obvious to me that our customers enjoy welcoming others to their gardens. Whether that's someone delivering peat free compost … Continue reading Sharing our house
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