The following article was first published in Kitchen Garden Magazine (July 2016). who have kindly allowed us to share it with our readers. Irving Robinson from East Yorkshire tells how a cold, rain-drenched motorbike ride to check out a greenhouse in Wakefield landed him in some very hot water. Back in 1971 we moved into a […]

While this is not exactly a quiet time in the garden, it most certainly is in the greenhouse. My own greenhouse is now standing almost empty: there are just a few lilies that I am hiding in there trying to keep them away from the lily beetles – pretty successfully so far, by the way. […]

Greenhouse tomato crops are bigger and better thanks to buzz pollination. Don’t take your tomato crop for granted. Every single fruit that forms needs a pollinator catalyst. The words Buzz and bees go hand in hand. But did you know that bumblebees perform something called Buzz Pollination that is vital for the way that they […]

The garden is a work in progress, well more work than progress if I’m honest, but I slid into summer a few days ago when I cut most of my tulips back in my rose and peony beds and planted several different cosmos I’d raised in 4 x 6 modular trays. The change was remarkable […]

Now that greenhouse tomatoes are growing well, remove the side shoots of ‘cordon’ varieties, as they appear, using your finger and thumb, this will create a single productive stem. Keep the compost constantly moist, particularly if you are using growing bags, as the compost dries out rapidly; twice a day is ideal, depending on the […]