Category: Spring

Small Garden (3) in April 2018, how winter unfolded and new, spring plantings
4th December 2018 Small Garden, Spring, Videos
Homeacres small garden of 25sqm/270sqft, no dig and compost-mulched. See the evolution of this space through a year of planting and picking a wide range of vegetables and herbs, with little weeding ne
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Ways to grow and pick broad beans, showing results of sowing both autumn and spring
4th December 2018 Autumn, Sowing, Spring, Videos
Broad or FAVA beans are a hardy vegetable which tolerates some frost. In my garden, zone 8 climate with average winter lows of -6 to -8C/20F, broad beans get their roots down in autumn and sit quietly
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May 15th 2018 planting, picking leaves, weed thoroughly, plant supports, removing covers, compost quality
16th May 2018 Spring
May is proving way sunnier than April, as spring merges into summer. However there are still cool nights – we are forecast a ground frost on 18th. I hope you are enjoying some fine leafy harvest
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May 2018 uncover beds, potting compost & no dig trials, sowing & planting
30th April 2018 Spring
We can hope for better weather in May… after the least sunny April I have ever recorded. Temperatures however were close to normal, thanks to the cloud cover keeping nights mild and frost-free. Soon
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April 2018 mid month: propagation, planting tips, make compost, weather damage, picking salad leaves
15th April 2018 Spring
The first two weeks of April here were more like December, in terms of light levels. However after the new moon tonight (15th-16th) and it’s associated rain, there is a change to ten days of warmer
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April 2018 planting size, plants that survive winter, seeds not emerging, slug advice, no dig drainage
30th March 2018 Spring
It’s the weather stupid! April is starting very wet here, cold and even colder to the north. We are late with outdoor sowings and plantings, I have not even sown parsnips yet. This blog looks at way
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Mid March 2018 stocky seedlings no hardening off, broad beans & onions, potatoes later planting, stored cabbage & onion
16th March 2018 Spring
As the weather goes from cold to mild to cold again, one thing is constant, soil. Undisturbed, compost-mulched ground helps plants to maintain health and grow whenever conditions allow. Soon it will b
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March ’18: sowing undercover, no dig feedback, a mound, stored veg, pea shoots
27th February 2018 Spring
Cold conditions in Europe mean a slow start to spring: it’s -7C/19F with windchill, as I write this. On the other hand there is more time to mulch and feed soil, if you have not already. Early s
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Mid May ’17, sowings plantings videos weeds and news
15th May 2017 Spring
There is still so much to sow and plant. Now is good to sow cabbages for autumn hearting, Brussels sprouts, French and runner beans, sweetcorn, more carrots, lettuce and multisow beetroot, even leeks
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May ’17 BBC, sowing, hoeing, frosts, potting, hungry gap, pick lettuce, northern tour
30th April 2017 Spring
Until the cold final week, April at Homeacres was a good growing month. Temperatures and sunshine hours were slightly above average, while rainfall was a record low amount until 30th, just 7.6mm (0.3
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April 15th update: planting stage, propagation heat, dig/no dig comparisons, psb, spring harvests and energy
15th April 2017 Spring
(plus see Homeacres no dig on BBC Gardeners World, Friday 21st April, 6 minute film) A burst of warmth, now spring reminds us that it is indeed spring and not summer. For much of the UK, there are sti
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April 2017 slugs v. seedlings, trials, pea shoots, salad leaves, veg undercover, sow dates
31st March 2017 Spring
Here, it has been much warmer than usual in March: the day-night average temperature was 9C/48F and we had no frost at all, breaking my records of 40 years. It has also been the dullest March since 20
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