The harvest celebrations in the wheel of the year may have come and gone but we still have plenty to harvest! Here we introduce you to the root and tuber crops we are harvesting now. Scroll to the bottom of this post for links to buy them, including a discount code. Yields aplenty In permaculture, … Continue reading Tubers – buried treasure
Forest garden guild creation
Putting it all together. Healthy soil growing an array of beautiful edible & useful plants growing harmoniously. Who wouldn't want that? Pippa Chapman, garden designer and author of The Plant Lover’s Backyard Forest Garden will be at the Midlands Permaculture Festival with us on 21 September. Joining Pippa on the programme are 12 other people … Continue reading Forest garden guild creation
Babington’s leek
Native to the UK, Babington's Leek is one of the tastiest, low maintenance and easy to grow perennial vegetables. It is thought that Babington’s Leek may originate from cultivation of vegetables by monks. It is named after Charles Cardale Babington, a botanist and contemporary of Charles Darwin. All parts of this plant are edible. It … Continue reading Babington’s leek
Red Ruffled Kale
A vigorous green kale with red veins and wonderfully ruffled leaves. Grown long enough it will yield a delicious kale raab, somewhat like the popular broccoli. For leaf harvests, this kale is very hardy, surviving hard freezes. It was bred specifically for home gardeners in mind. Pick the leaves in winter as a normal kale, … Continue reading Red Ruffled Kale
Gooseberry ‘Red Velvet’
Supplied bareroot, so needs to be potted or planted when you get home. 2 year old plants approx. 60cm tall and bushy, that need to grow on before fruiting. A small, spiny plant, productive in semi-shade. Don't require much maintenance at all. They give lots of sweet, red gooseberries. Plant in a sunny spot, same depth … Continue reading Gooseberry ‘Red Velvet’
Earthed Up! 