Wildlife Friendly Reindeer Food
As Christmas creeps ever closer it’s time to think about making sure Santa’s reindeer can find your home on Christmas Eve by sprinkling some reindeer food in your garden. PLEASE don’t sprinkle reindeer food that has normal glitter in it though as it can be really harmful to wildlife and…Read More
Vialii Guide to Kids Gardening Gifts for Christmas 2017
If you’re like us, you will have been writing (and re-writing) your list for Santa for some time now. If you are looking for some more ideas or a lovely garden related gift to give to someone you love, read on for our MUST HAVE list for 2017… Superhero Planter…Read More
Grow Your Own Strawberries
We just love growing our own fruit and you can pretty much find us in our raspberry patch at this time of year, catching the end of those rosy jewels! But we think we would like to grow some more strawberries for next summer. Did you know what now is…Read More
Deadly v Woody Nightshade
We have heard a lot of chat recently about deadly nightshade and fears that it is appearing in domestic gardens. However, in many instances it is actually a completely different plant called Woody Nightshade which is growing. It evens grows out of my school hedge! Whilst it’s not as toxic as…Read More
Double Book Review: “Growing Perfect Vegetables” & “The Salad Garden”
This week I have had my head in the books as I have two new books to review for you! So I better crack on and tell you about them: Square Foot Gardening: “Growing Perfect Vegetables” Square Foot Gardening (commonly referred to as SFG) is a planting method that was…Read More
Our 9 Favourite Ways To Slay The Slug!
We love our garden but sadly slugs do too! This year we have LOADS of slugs and snails in the garden. Our latest blog gives you some tips on how to deal with them. With a little help from your friends One of the most effective ways to help deal…Read More
The Jam Maker’s Garden: An Interview by Lulu Burt
I LOVE fruit. I love growing it. I love eating it. And I love cooking with it. So I was really pleased to be sent a copy of “The Jam Maker’s Garden”. I was also really lucky to be able to ask the clever author, Holly Farrell, some pretty cool…Read More
How To Grow Potatoes
My latest blog tells you all you need to know to grow the perfect potatoes in an easy to follow guide. It’s gotta be simple, I’m only 5 right! How to grow potatoes… Buy some seed potatoes Chit your potatoes on a window sill as soon as you buy them.…Read More
Archerfield Willow Walk & Fairy Garden
We were recently in East Lothian for a long weekend so popped into Archerfield Walled Garden on the recommendation of a friend. Whilst the walled garden was getting a lot of work done so there wasn’t a lot to see, we had a lovely walk round the Archerfield willow walk…Read More
5 Reasons To Grow Your Own Fruit & Veg
Sometimes people ask “Why bother to grow your own fruit and veg? It’s more hassle. Sometimes crops fail. Why not just pop along to the supermarket and get your ready picked, washed, convenient produce?” Well, there are lots of reasons but we’ve freshly picked our top five, just for you……Read More