Beta vulgaris Cicla Swiss Chard is an excellent all-rounder, tough, reliable and productive throughout the year, making it an excellent choice for a kitchen garden, and its a must grow in my garden. The leaves can be used like spinach and ribs are a delicious vegetable in their own right. Swiss Chard is called poirée, [...]
Make use of Stones
Nothing goes to waste in an organic garden. In my garden the soil, which is thin over rock, is full of stones and as I work our patch of land I take out the stones from soil where I am preparing seeds beds for onions, brassicas and lettuces or to sow crops that don’t like [...]
Spring Transition Undercover
Spring is here and it is time to clear the old crops and make way for the new, sowing starts in the polytunnel, a 50ft double-height plastic tunnel built into a drystone wall on a south facing terrace below the potager. The plant debris and weeds are first cleared and the earth lightly worked to [...]
Snowbound in Spring
Did I mention that we live in the South of France? Well this white out was only last week! Any English gardeners reading this can take heart, it is not always greener over here. A heavy snow storm came in on Sunday 7th March and we were snowed-in for 7 days. I am primed for [...]
Seed List 2010
It has taken me some time to find the seeds for the varieties I want to grow this year but I’ve finally done it and this is my selection for 2010. Plenty of old reliable must grow varieties, some new things I am desperate to grow for the kitchen, some varieties that I am growing [...]
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