MAY – WHAT TO SOW AND GROW
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GROWING ANNUAL FLOWERS WITH HIGGLEDY GARDEN.COM
This is the first in a a series of films on how to grow superb annual flowers and I am absolutely delighted to welcome Benjamin Ranyard of Higgledy Garden.com. Ben is an expert in hardy and half hardy annuals and its the fastest way to had colour and height to your garden. In fact one of Ben’s collections which costs less than £20 would give you more than enough flowers for the average sized garden. I hope you enjoy this film keep watching as we will be doing updates and you can grow along with us.
PLANTING FREESIA
NO DIG HOT BED—– APRIL UPDATE
This second film shows the amazing germination and growth that the hotbed generates after only a few weeks while growth in the normal beds at this time of year is nearly at a standstill, or at best just starting.
If you would more information on Hotbeds I have compiled a resource post which contains all my films on hotbeds, just click the link below
NO DIG BED – TOPPING UP IN SPRING
As the No-Dig bed will not have been cultivated by Double Digging during the winter we need to replenish the nutrients so in the Spring we can use our home made compost or well rotted manure or even spent mushroom compost.
No-Dig growing allows you to make the best use of your compost and it puts the roots of your plants into a great growing medium with out the winter rains having washed any of the available nutrients away allowing them the best possible access to all the available feed