Dec
2010
Articles from 4th Dec 2010
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Graham Porter’s gardening: Fruit and veg update
Dec 04 2010 | Gardening Tips
1 Vegetables – are you ready for onion sowing after Christmas? To get yourself ahead, sow your onions in late December in a cool, frost-free glasshouse and they can be planted out in March to get an extra long growing season. You might also consider sowing some summer cauliflower in the same situation for planting out in March. Sow early varieties of carrots in soil beds or large containers in a cool glasshouse over the next few weeks for a harvest of small but sweet carrots in late April and early May. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening: top tips
Dec 04 2010 | Gardening Tips
Put your pots of Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) on a sunny south facing windowsill to help them produce the best flowers. Read
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Graham Proter’s gardening: Bryophytes – the unsung heroes of the natural world
Dec 04 2010 | Gardening Tips
GO back 400 million years in the Earth’s history and you would find the land masses dominated by what are now known as Bryophytes – the oldest land plants. Read
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Graham Porter’s gardening: Sleeping beauties
Dec 04 2010 | Gardening Tips
FOR those of us with a few Hellebores in a shady corner of the garden it might seem a little early to be highlighting these early spring delights. Read
