My Garden

The great kitchen garden move means that all the remaining veg needs to be harvested or replanted/moved – that’s quite a lot. There are some gorgeous leeks, kales, leafbeets, and parsnips, all of which would normally crop over the winter. Jerusalem artichokes usually would stay in the ground and be harvested... Read more..

Over the last few weeks here at Harlow Carr some big changes have been occurring. First was the relocation of the Kitchen Garden to a site below the new Alpine House, including the creation of a new ‘3x3m' fruit plot and edible hedge! Next was the relocation of the planting from one side of the Rose... Read more..

Despite the current ‘challenging' weather, work is progressing apace in the new productive area, and we have discovered one of the muddiest garden tasks ever. Yes, lugging turf pieces to build the stacks for 2 days on the trot was truly dirty and very hard work. Add the slippery thawing frost on... Read more..

The snow has gone at last, thank goodness, so work continues apace on the raised bed building in the new productive area. Once beds are drilled and screwed together, the fun bit of lining them up on the ground to fit the design begins - not always as straightforward as it sounds, especially on a site... Read more..

Very busy times in the garden now and the warm and dry weather has meant great progress in the new kitchen garden. Most of the soil preparation is complete, to the relief of all the gardeners involved (some were beginning to get overload - see picture), with the mushroom compost, manure, composted bark... Read more..