The smallest butternut squash in the world. We men are always being told that size isnt everything. Last year a Canadian gardener called Joel Jarvis grew a 1,500lb squash. Mine barely registered on the kitchen scales. Its been one of those years. November 26, 2012 Permalink.

Sunday, February 07, 2010. Here is my food garden planting schedule. It is based on an average last frost date of April 15 in USDA Zone 7. The University of Maryland Master Gardener Handbook. Snow days are for garden planning.

The noughties saw a major global attitude shift on climate change. And Hurricane Katrina in 2005. To have any hope of success, environmentalists must use the n.

Tales from our urban market gardens. And heading back to Zimbabwe. So today I emptied out my tool be.

On a plot in North Yorkshire. Weeds sure, but hopefully something else too. Tuesday, June 26, 2007. It was bound to happen. When we took over the plot it was all covered in weeds, like any other new plot. We cleared the weeds and started digging the new beds. And started to find potatoes. EVERYWHERE! From the Guardian Allotment Blog. Aaron Pilot seems to have. So the weed roots wer.

Like many councils around the country, Sheffield City Council is making substantial cuts. A little PSB, better than nothing. Our first attempt at growing purple sprouting broccoli got me thinking it was easy. Despite hemming them in with romanesco plants planted far too close on either side.

A journal of our changes towards a simple life. Tuesday, 8 September 2009. Blackberries are best harvested on a sunny dry day.