My Garden

These are exciting times here at Harlow Carr with all the flooding over the last 2 weeks, and much time being spent mending paths washed away by the torrential showers. Thankfully, a desperate team effort managed to avert the potential disaster of a flood in Bettys cake shop! Our kitchen garden and 3x3m... Read more..

With the fantastic warm sunny weather over the last week or so, things are really getting going & we could easily fill twice the time we have each day! Apart from keeping up with the sowing and planting, we're frantically preparing for next week's Veg Day - Get Growing! on Wednesday, 11 April... Read more..

The seeds I sowed under the cloche in the 3x3 plot have germinated, so I uncovered them in the sunshine on Thursday in the morning. They had literally grown and spread their leaves by the afternoon when we were closing the frames down for the night - amazing what a bit of warmth and light will do. This... Read more..

Spring has certainly felt as if it has sprung here over the last week - we were working outside in shirtsleeves in the sunshine - its so tempting to sow loads of stuff, but still a bit risky. This week the sharp winds are back, and frosts - you really have to take a full wardrobe out with you to cover... Read more..

Friday, 2 March 2007 The plastic cloche used to cover the soil on the 3x3 plot has done its work well - soil temp is now 10 degrees C, so great for sowing. Just as well really, cos it blew away yesterday and had to be rescued from among the shelter belt trees. The site is very windy and exposed, not... Read more..

Wednesday, 31 January 2007 The new 3x3m plot is up and ready to go! The soil is a wonderful mixture of compost from the garden's own heap, spent mushroom compost, and loam from work going on elsewhere in the garden. It's a lovely friable mix and should grow great veg. For this year's 3 x... Read more..

Tuesday, 23 January 2007 The 3 x 3m plot at Harlow Carr has survived the gales & torrential rain of last week, & in spite of some really heavy showers, the soil in the raised beds is still workable - fine even for seedsowing. To one used to working on heavy clay, this seems like a miracle! Spent... Read more..

A couple of weeks ago we set about preparing to sow our 3m x 3m plots in the Model Vegetable Garden. Last year, our Grow Your Own Veg campaign proved immensely popular, especially with the supporting book by Carol Klein and BBC series, as well as our own on-line micro-site and garden activities. For... Read more..

Here is picture of the new 3 x 3m plot at Harlow Carr. I'm still learning about attachments so please bear with me! This should have been with the last blog. Read more..