My Garden

Leeks are always a reliable, normally trouble-free crop although recently Leek Moth is proving a real problem in some areas. Thankfully it has not arrived at Roesmoor yet. Our leeks were transplanted this week following the lifting of the early potatoes, caught by early blight. Leeks are normally sown... Read more..

Our 3m x 3m vegetable plot is quietly heading towards winter after a very productive season. We have established a green manure crop on one half of the plot (winter tares were sown in mid September). This will occupy the bed through the winter, locking up the soil nutrients – to be released again when... Read more..