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April 2, 2019 Stephen Carlin

A seed raising table

Building a dedicated seed raising table has proven very worth while. Just...

Feature Gardening
March 31, 2018 Stephen Carlin

Salvia Harmony

This is a lovely low growing salvia with masses of deep blue...

Feature Salvia cultivars
April 30, 2015 Stephen Carlin

Kimchi making season returns

Wom Bok, chinese cabbage, napa cabbage; whatever you call it, it’s a...

Cooking Feature Vegetables
July 7, 2014 Stephen Carlin

Lemon myrtle

Before we moved here I only knew lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) from...

Cooking Feature Herbs

Salvia seed sowing

Salvia seed sowing

January 23, 2025

Equipment for making hay with a scythe

Equipment for making hay with a...

September 15, 2023

Why mow with a scythe?

Why mow with a scythe?

April 14, 2023

Salvia karwinskii

Salvia karwinskii

July 9, 2021

Salvia seed sowing

January 23, 2025 Stephen Carlin

Salvia seed sowing

Most salvias grow readily from seed, but germination of some species can be improved by several techniques. Temperature, moisture and light are the three fundamental factors. All seeds have a temperature range for optimal germination. For salvias, as for most garden seeds, daytime temperatures in the low 20s...

Salvias

July 9, 2021 Stephen Carlin

Salvia karwinskii

One of the big, caney, Winter-flowering salvias of...

Salvia cultivars

July 2, 2021 Stephen Carlin

Salvia uliginosa

Salvia uliginosa and bog sage are the two unattractive...

Salvia cultivars

June 30, 2021 Stephen Carlin

Salvia adenophora

Salvia adenophora is a robust plant here. It...

Salvia cultivars

July 14, 2016 Stephen Carlin

BEAT, the Bacon Endive Avocado Tomato sandwich

The BEAT This to me is what growing your own produce is all about; we had...

Cooking
January 29, 2016 Stephen Carlin

Zucchini flowers, making the most of the crop.

Zucchini flowers seem like an extravagance, using flowers now that you could pick as fruit later....

Cooking Vegetables

December 27, 2015 Stephen Carlin

Cowboy candy. Pickled jalapeños.

With the warm Spring weather the jalapeños have been very productive, so I have more than...

Cooking

November 25, 2015 Stephen Carlin

Cooked Chioggia beetroot is also good

My Spring Chioggia (candystripe) beetroot crop did well, but with the weather warming up it was...

Cooking

November 11, 2015 Stephen Carlin

Potato sourdough

We were given a huge bag of homegrown potatoes recently, which are beautifully creamy, so I...

Bread
November 2, 2015 Stephen Carlin

Pink pickled eggs

What to do when the trickle of eggs you waited and waited for finally turns into...

Chickens Cooking

September 15, 2023 Stephen Carlin

Equipment for making hay with a scythe

Scything is one part of the process of hay making, and there are a few bits...

Scything
April 14, 2023 Stephen Carlin

Why mow with a scythe?

Why mow with a scythe? First up, it’s appealing and enjoyable. To mow with a scythe...

Scything

August 15, 2017 Stephen Carlin

Biochar pit trial for soil amendment

A biochar pit is a way to turn waste wood into useful soil conditioner. This Winter...

Sustainability

August 5, 2016 Stephen Carlin

Lablab beans for getting chickens back into lay

Using lablab beans for chicken feed is one of those happy coincidences of production and need...

Chickens Sustainability

June 16, 2016 Stephen Carlin

Making a biochar fire

Biochar seems to be something worth trying here, and that involves either making a biochar kiln...

Sustainability
November 13, 2015 Stephen Carlin

Hay, chickens and compost.

I’ve got into a routine for turning hay into compost, after trialling a few alternatives. It...

Chickens Sustainability

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