by Emma Cooper | Dec 1, 2022 | Your Stories
Over the years in which climate change has been discussed in the media, there have been continual suggestions that it will be of benefit to gardeners – allowing us to grow fruit and vegetable crops that enjoy the continental climate, but fail to thrive in a traditional British summer. As those warm summer days have failed to materialise, and look increasing unlikely, I am eyeing up my new allotment with a view to planting crops that will enjoy our cool climate.
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Emma Cooper is a freelance writer and blogger based in Oxfordshire, where she is a master composter. Emma completed a Masters degree in Ethnobotany in 2013, and now runs an astrobotany podcast titled ‘Gardeners of the Galaxy’. You can find Emma on Mastadon.
by Thompson & Morgan | Dec 8, 2021 | Gardening Posts, Vegetables
This mixed bean collection adds colour to the vegetable plot as well as the plate
Image: Climbing Bean ‘Mixed’ from Thompson & Morgan
To help you produce an abundance of beans this year, we turned to an expert grower for practical advice. Jono, the original founder of the ever-popular gardening blog, Real Men Sow, is a man whose own hard-won experience has taught him how to get the best from his beans. Here are his top tips for sowing and growing bean seeds in your garden or allotment.
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Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.
by Richard Barrett | Jul 15, 2021 | Vegetables, Your Stories
‘Arran Pilot’ shows good resistance to potato scab
Image: Potato ‘Arran Pilot’ from Thompson & Morgan
Potatoes are easy to grow and take very little time and effort to look after once they’re in the ground. But there’s one disease that can scupper your plans and spoil your crop – potato blight. We asked guest blogger Richard Barrett for his expert advice on how to avoid this pesky problem. Here are his top tips for preventing potato blight.
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I have held an allotment since 1987 and am now secretary for the association. I like to grow my vegetables as naturally as possible but have an open mind towards technology and it’s products. I usually enter the competition organised by the federation of local allotments and have achieved a certificate of merit for my plot, but have never won outright as work commitments inhibit my efforts to have the plot that tidy. I won a first prize for my cherry tomatoes in the Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society Show in 2009.
by Thompson & Morgan | Jul 14, 2021 | Allotments, Gardening Posts
Make your new allotment a success
Image: T.W. van Urk/Shutterstock
If you’re a new allotment plot holder, you may be feeling completely daunted by the large slab of ground you’ve just taken charge of. Where do you start? What should you do first?
Here are 8 helpful tips from some of the internet’s best allotment growers…
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Since the first seed catalogue was published in 1855, Thompson & Morgan has grown to become one of the UK’s largest Mail Order Seed and Plant companies. Through the publication of our catalogues and the operation of our award-winning website, Thompson & Morgan is able to provide home gardeners with the very best quality products money can buy.
by Amanda Davies | Jun 20, 2021 | Gardening Posts
There’s always a plant that, like Marmite, you love or loathe, and through the ages the petunia has often divided opinion. In fact, during the 1500s people believed that petunias were a symbol of demonic power because they harboured anger and resentment!
Part of the nightshade Solanaceae family, the petunia is closely related to plants like tobacco, cape gooseberry, tomato, potato and chilli pepper. Here’s a potted history of this fascinating flower, explaining how petunia seeds have been developed over several hundreds of years to become one of the most popular choices of all time.
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My name is Amanda and I live in Pembrokeshire with my fiancé and our garden is approximately 116 meters square. I want to share with you my love for gardening and the reasons behind it, from the good to the bad and ugly. I want to do this for my own personal pleasure. If you would like to take the journey with me then please read my blogs and share with me your gardening stories.
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