Garden Blog

A hopeful act of Sweet Pea sowing to start off your growing season.

Tips and ideas to get more variety while reducing waste in your garden. Hundreds of courgettes? Seedlings resigned to the compost heap? No more!

The school is closed for now, so while we wait for the classroom to re-open, Ruth shares some knowledge about the John Innes Centre, now based local to us in Norwich, and their compost formulations.

It's never too soon to start planning your growing, and with a greenhouse at your disposal, you can start sowing your chillies as early as February.

The school gates are closed yet again, but at least there is time to do some winter maintenance in the walled garden and Rhino greenhouse.

A Merry Christmas message from Rhino and a round-up of recent goings on.

Home Farm is filled with enough creatures to make a full nativity scene! Bees and hens need tending to, and there is gardening to be done too (of course).

Kale is a fantastic leafy veg to grow at home. It's easy to care for, highly nutritious and hardy as heck!

Sweet peas, anemones and ranunculus are growing merrily for springtime. But if you want some fresh blooms to welcome in the new year, you may want to try forcing some bulbs like narcissus, amyrillis and hyacinth.

Sue loves all 3 of her Rhinos almost as much as she loves her hundreds of alpines and pelargoniums!

As the dahlias finally breathed their last, the planting begins to take on the shapes and colours intended to create interest during winter.

Bubble wrapping is the most common method used by gardeners to insulate their greenhouse over the winter. Eli gives some advice on the how and the why.