Great Stuff Online for Kitchen Gardeners
It's been a while since I posted here, so although it's late, I would like to wish you a Happy New Year.
It's now very nearly the end of January, and soon the gardening season will be upon us. No more sitting indoors wishing the weather would improve, we can get out and do some actual work. Leave a message to let me know what your plans are for this year. Are you trying any new varieties? Or will you be changing the way you do things in your garden? Expanding, or scaling down?
This year, I am planning to try trailing tomatoes for the first time. If you have grown these in the past, any tips or suggestions will be appreciated. I am also planning to make another attempt at sweetcorn, hopefully it will be 4th time lucky. For some reason, I never have much luck with it.
One of the great things about the internet is the range of useful tools and resources that can be found. This is true for gardeners as well as everyone else. In this post, I would like to share a few goodies that have caught my eye. I hope you will find them useful, and if you have anything you would like to recommend, just leave a message. Don't forget the url!
BBC Virtual Garden Designer - A free software programme that helps you to design your garden in 3D. It's actually aimed at general gardeners, but could also be useful for growers of edibles, to help give you an idea of how a new design will look.
Kalyn's Kitchen: Weekend Herb Blogging - A great community venture. Each week bloggers post pictures and information about herbs. Informative and fun too.
Paul's Garden World - Nice variety of information about many aspects of gardening, this link takes you to the vegetable section. The information offered is easy to understand, and should prove useful to beginners.
Alenka's Printables - Selection of cute seed packets you can print out for free.
HP Spring Garden Kits - A range of plant tags, to do lists and planners you can print out for free.
Garden Organic Compost Guide - The title says it all, if you haven't started a compost heap yet, this guide tells you everything you need to know.