Chilli peppers are amazingly easy to grow. If you live in a cool climate, you can pop them on a south-facing window ledge, and they’ll thrive. Or, if you have a higher average outdoor temperature, they are also happy in full sun out in the garden. There are an abundance of different varieties, but here […]
Guide To Chilli Pepper Varieties
I like growing chilli peppers. They are really easy, and plentiful. They take up little space and grow as happily inside as they do out. All they want from life is sun, warmth, and the odd water. Consequently, I grow a lot of chillies. At the moment I have about 40 different plants, and about […]
Growing Courgettes in Containers
Courgettes, also known as zucchinis in North America, are robust and fruitful plants. If given the right conditions, you do not only get a wealth of fruits, but you can also grow them on a bit to get a couple of marrows per container plant. Best of all, however, you get to harvest the flowers, […]
Epic Indoor Growing
Got a spare warehouse lying around? If so, you could be one of the first to adopt a new way of growing – indoor aquaponics. Sure, this way of growing has been around for years, but new adventurous startups are changing urban outbuildings into the new style city farms. London was the first major city […]
Growing Outside
I’ve spent the weekend pottering and reading, weeding and drinking cups of tea. The weather has a warmth behind it, and on a walk recently I did not take a jacket. And for the first time in almost half a year, I did not regret that choice. Whilst pottering, and tidying up the roof terrace, […]
Ikea Hacks And Windy Facts
This week I’ve been looking for places to put the various seedlings that are starting to grow. This is because the weather outside has been atrocious and they aren’t likely to be able to go out anytime soon. We’re on the top floor of the building and normally enjoy the uninterrupted views out over Lake […]
Cowspiracy; My Thoughts
I’ll be honest, I had put off watching Cowspiracy for a long time. For those of you that missed it, it is a film that looks at the animal agricultural business. Essentially, from the title alone you can already get a sense that it is a film that is about to question that industry. And as a […]
It’s Not Gardening, It’s a Post Apocalyptic Life Skill
I think, in this day an age, of rampant consumerism and overconsumption, there is something nice about making something or growing something. In a world of mass-production, it feels good to have a homemade sweater. And in the world of supermarket blandness, which is a mass-production of another sort, it is nice to have the […]
Soda Bottle Self-Watering Planter
There are a lot of things you can do with a 2l plastic bottle, and that’s a good thing, because there are an awful lot of them. It’s estimated that in North America alone, 3.1million tons of PET gets manufactured each year, and a lot of that goes into the single-use bottles that we get our […]
Options For Indoor Growing
About a week ago, I set up my first mushroom kit, and it’s been amazing to me ever since. Every time I look at it, I swear it has grown a little. And I cannot wait until I’m able to harvest my first micro-crop of hot pink oyster mushrooms. Although this has got me excited about […]
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