Midweek Bloom | Cerise Geranium

Midweek Bloom | Cerise Geranium Bold. Vibrant. Striking. This week’s Midweek Bloom is this gorgeous cerise geranium. I love the intensity of the colour — it stands out instantly and brings so much life to a pot or container. Geraniums may be a garden classic, but when they look like this,

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How Many Seeds Are Inside This Canna Pod?

How Many Seeds Are Inside This Canna Pod? Last year I discovered that canna lilies produce seeds inside their dried pods, so I knew not to throw them away. I opened one of the smaller pods, but it only contained one fully formed seed. The largest pod isn’t quite ready to harvest yet, so I’m l

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Is growing your own food really worth it?

Is growing your own food really worth it? This is 875g of tomatoes harvested from our garden in just one week. A similar amount of organic cherry tomatoes could cost approximately £6–£9 in the shops—and there are still plenty more ripening on our plants. Growing your own does require time, wa

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Plant Hospital Update | The Sideways Tomato

🍅 Plant Hospital Update | The Sideways Tomato Earlier this year we planted this tomato sideways as an experiment to see if the buried stem would produce another shoot. The result has been partly successful. A new shoot has appeared from the soil, but the stronger growth seems to be taking mos

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🌹 New In Today | Miniature Roses

🌹 New In Today | Miniature Roses These beautiful miniature roses have just arrived at The Plant Corner and they may be small, but they certainly don’t lack colour. 🌸 Their compact size makes them perfect for pots, patios and smaller spaces, or even as a lovely little gift for someone who love

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🌿 Garden to Table | Mum’s Traditional Saag — Part 2

🌿 Garden to Table | Mum’s Traditional Saag — Part 2 From freshly picked garden greens straight into the pot — this is how Mum brings our traditional saag to life. We use a mix of mustard leaves, broccoli, methi, green chillies and spinach, then slowly cook everything together until it becomes

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Daily Series: Gardening Tip - Deadheading.

Daily Series: Gardening Tip Deadheading doesn’t have to mean removing every faded flower. If you deadhead most of the spent blooms, the plant can put more energy into producing fresh flowers. But if you leave a few healthy flower heads in place, they can mature, dry and give you seeds for nex

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🌱 Daily Series: Gardening Tip | Are You Watering Your Plants Wrong? 💧

🌱 Daily Series: Gardening Tip | Are You Watering Your Plants Wrong? 💧 One of the most common beginner gardening questions is: “How often should I water my plants?” The answer isn’t really “every day” or “twice a week” — it depends on the plant, the soil and the weather. A better habit is t

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🌸 Midweek Bloom | Non-Stop Begonias

🌸 Midweek Bloom | Non-Stop Begonias Bold. Lush. Vibrant. 🧡 This week’s Midweek Bloom is our non-stop begonia, and these flowers really do make a statement. The blooms are full, layered and packed with colour, and they’ve been such a lovely addition to the garden through summer. They work b

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🍅 Rain coming? Pick your ripe tomatoes first.

🍅 Rain coming? Pick your ripe tomatoes first. After a long dry spell, heavy rain can cause tomatoes to take up water quickly, which may lead to the skins splitting. If your tomatoes are already ripe or nearly ready, harvesting them before a downpour is a simple job that could save part of you

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🍅 Rain coming? Pick your ripe tomatoes first.

🍅 Rain coming? Pick your ripe tomatoes first. After a long dry spell, heavy rain can cause tomatoes to take up water quickly, which may lead to the skins splitting. If your tomatoes are already ripe or nearly ready, harvesting them before a downpour is a simple job that could save part of you

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Daily Series: Gardening Tip - Lift Marrow of Damp Soil

Daily Series: Gardening Tip - Lift Marrow of Damp Soil Growing marrows? 🥒 Here’s a really simple trick that can help keep them cleaner and healthier as they grow. Once the fruit starts getting bigger and resting on the soil, gently slide something underneath it — a small board, tile, piece of

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First Melon Harvest

🍈 Growing Melons in the UK | Our First Harvest We finally harvested one of our homegrown melons — and it was sweet! 💚 We’ve been watching these grow for weeks, so cutting into the first one felt like such a reward. We’re also saving the seeds so we can try growing even more next year. 🌱 If

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Daily Series: Gardening Tip Bathu is Not a Weed

🌱 Daily Series: Gardening Tip Bathu is Not a Weed 🌿 Would you pull this out thinking it was just a weed? This is bathua, also known as fat hen in the UK — and the young tender leaves are edible. In Punjabi cooking, bathua is traditionally used in saag, but it can also be added to parathas,

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🍆 Sunday Morning Surprise | Aubergines at Last!

🍆 Sunday Morning Surprise | Aubergines at Last! We’ve been checking these plants for weeks and honestly weren’t sure we were going to get any aubergines this year. Then this morning we spotted one… then another… then another! After all that waiting, seeing these little aubergines finally appe

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Daily Gardening Tip - Seeding Delphinium

🌱 Daily Gardening Tip - Delphinium Seeds 🌿 💜 Your dry delphinium seed heads aren’t rubbish — they’re next year’s flowers waiting to happen. Once the pods turn brown, dry and papery, the seeds are ready to collect. Here’s what to do: ✂️ Snip the dry flower spikes on a dry day 🌱 Gently o

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Saving Delphinium Seeds for Next Year

🍃 Saving Delphinium Seeds for Next Year Don’t throw away those dried delphinium pods — they could be full of seeds for next year’s flowers. 🌸 Once the pods are completely dry, I simply shake the seeds onto a piece of paper, collect them and store them ready for next season. I’m also going

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Daily Series: Gardening Tip | Bees See Flowers Differently 🐝

Daily Series: Gardening Tip | Bees See Flowers Differently 🐝 Did you know bees can see secret patterns on flowers that are completely invisible to us? Many flowers have ultraviolet markings known as nectar guides. To a bee, these patterns act almost like a runway, pointing them straight towar

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Garden to Table | Saag Ingredients — Part 1

🌿 Garden to Table | Saag Ingredients — Part 1 Today Mum and I are starting one of our favourite family dishes — saag. Before we cook it, we’re heading into the garden to look at some of the greens that go into it, including bathu, spinach and mustard. 🥬 This is one of the things I love mos

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Daily Series: Gardening Tip | Don’t Prune Plum Trees in Winter

🌱 Daily Series: Gardening Tip | Don’t Prune Plum Trees in Winter This is one gardening rule that feels completely backwards at first. 🌳✂️ Most of us are used to hearing that winter is a good time to prune fruit trees — but plum trees are an important exception. Plums are vulnerable to a fu

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