I think hydroponics are my new favorite form of growing. Okay, I lie, I don’t think I will ever fully handover the ‘hands in dirt’ feeling of digging around in the garden, but for now hydroponics hold my heart. The reason for this? I’ll get to that…* Here we are, a month on or so, […]
New Year’s Resolutions…
The wheels fell off this blog a little bit. If you read along then you will know that sometime last year we moved into a house with a garden – actual dirt in the ground garden. I was beyond excited and began planning my new plot. And then the bureaucracy turned up. Switzerland is a […]
Tips To Get Kids Gardening
Kids have a lot of things competing for their attention these days, and it can be hard steering them away from the tablets and television, toward an arguably more wholesome pursuit of being outside in nature. It can also be pretty difficult to get children into gardening because ultimately gardening is an exercise in patience, […]
Growing Potatoes in Containers
The first year I ever grew potatoes, my then-girlfriend-now-wife and I threw some manky tats from the back of the cupboard into some recycled car tires filled with compost. We did little else, save a bit of water then and now, and within a couple of months, we had a whole heap of delicious potatoes. […]
Why You Should Be Growing Chives…
Every garden, however small, should grow herbs. Not only are they super easy to grow, they can also add delicious flavours to home cooked meals. But the best reason to grow herbs is simple – they will save you a fortune. If you go to the supermarket here, you’ll pay around 3.95chf (that’s about $4) […]
Avoseedo: an easy Way to Grow Avocados
I eat quite a lot of avocados. When I was living in Africa, we would go down to the end of the garden and pick the avocados straight from the tree. They’d ripen over the next few days, and before you’d know it, you’d have tons of avocados just to happily much through. Now, in […]
Gardening and Mental Health
Sometimes the world gets a little much. Sometimes coping mechanisms fail if they were ever there at all. And sometimes, life just gets you down. What do you do in those instances? We’ve known for a long time that gardening is good for you. Grow some plants, eat them, enjoy naturally produced local food, jam-packed […]
Growing Tomatoes on Rooftops (or Anywhere Else For That Matter)
If you are new to growing your own food, tomatoes are a great place to start. Not only are they ridiculously easy to grow, but they will also taste wildly different from those that you can purchase at the supermarket. In order than your supermarket bought tomatoes arrive fresh and ripe to store, they are […]
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, […]
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, […]