Jules

LATEST ARTICLES ( 105 )

• Bearing Fruit

  

  Things are ripening at the suburban veg plot. It's that time of year again (though admittedly, slightly later than usual) when I'm picking or plucking on a dail... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Almost a Potato Disaster

  

  Well, that was close. With the warm, yet wet, weather of late I did suspect that it might be ideal conditions for that most dreaded of all diseases in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Vegging out

  

  The dwarf french beans are very prolific at the moment. Super resilient to the attentions of the slugs and snails and super tasty to boot. Can anyone explain wh... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Rosemary Beetle

  

  Why did natural selection result in some very destructive, if very attractive insects surviving with the sole intention in life to eat my plants. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Beanie Babies

  

  Generally speaking, beans have not featured large in the suburban veg plot. I grow broad beans each year and I once grew runner beans (before deciding I didn't... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Hello - I'm Back !

  I have concluded that I simply cannot combine horti revision (my RHS level 3 exams) and blogging. As the queen of multi-tasking I am shamefaced to admit this. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Central Park in Spring

  

  Today it has been rainy, then a bit sunny, then quite warm. Then back to rainy, then very very haily and back to raining once again. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 DESTINATIONS

• Pea Teepees

  

  So, here we are, hurtling towards the end of April, sunglasses and factor 50 in one hand, umbrella and wellies in the other. I could take the easy route with... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing Media

  If you've opened a newspaper or clicked on a news website in the last few weeks you can't have failed to have fallen over an article, press release or review... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Highlights of Denver Botanic Gardens

  

  Aside from the Water Saving Garden, I discovered so many other wonderful areas and plants in Denver Botanic Gardens that I thought I'd produce a predominantly... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• It's Not Drought, It's Denver!

  

  I was lucky enough to be in Denver last weekend - my first time in the state of Colorado. As ever when I travel, I seek out a garden or two to visit and a... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Promise of Things to Come

  

  March is definitely one of my favourite gardening months. Not only do the days visibly get longer (remember just a few weeks ago when it was dark at 5pm?) but... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 GARDENING

• Hard Graft

  

  The last few college days have involved rather a lot of practical work. We've been out in the polytunnel or on the plots doing everything from sowing seeds and... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 GARDENING

• The Salad Challenge

  

  I'd fully intended joining the 52 week salad challenge that was started over on VP's Veg Plotting blog back in January. I even thought I had a head start as... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 GARDENING

• Wildflowers Count

  

  There has been a lot of UK press about wildflowers recently. From Sarah Raven to the RHS, everyone who is anyone in gardening is planting or sowing wildflowers... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 GARDENING

• Early Season Seedlings

  

  On the first day of March, a little bit of a round up of what's germinating so far:early toms and chillies - one or two of each of the tomato varieties have... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Clochetastic

  

  This weekend I took delivery of two new cloches for the suburban veg plot. They're not brand new and seem to be more 'vintage style' than actual 'vintage' (the... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 GARDENING

• Protestant Potatoes...

  

  So the new seed potatoes arrived the week before last - after a small delay due to the weather...This year I've ordered a first early variety called Ulster... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 GARDENING

• Let Love Blossom...

  

  Next week sees the staging of the 2-day RHS London Plant and Design Show and as one of the days coincides with Valentine's Day, the RHS are putting on an evenin... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Itchy Fingers

  

  I just knew I wouldn't be able to resist sowing at least some seeds in January. I tried distracting myself with horticultural revision, I tried sitting on my... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 GARDENING