Garlic has to be one of the easiest vegetables to grow because you can simply direct sow into the soil, keep it weed free and wait until the summer for a wonderful vegetable that adds a superb flavour to home cooked food. This 'set and forget' nature of garlic growing is why it was the first vegetable included in the planting plan. But to truly get the best from your crop … [Read more...] about How to plant garlic seeds the easy way
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Getting rid of clay soil with Mooli radish
On the 9th August 2020 I made two beds of manure directly onto clay soil after some landscaping to level out ground at a newly acquired plot. This second and much larger plot than my first needed rotavating and several days of shovelling and raking to reduce the natural slope and make gardening more accessible. All that earth moving meant that I'd eventually hit clay but … [Read more...] about Getting rid of clay soil with Mooli radish