Yeah, so, that was a busy few months. From sitting on my horticultural hands, wondering whether Spring would ever arrive, to a shift in weather from cold, wet and grey March to a dull-but-workable April. At long last it was sowing time, followed by pricking out and potting up time, with a whole lot of […]
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Here’s an item that allotmenteers might be interested in. Researchers at the University of Coventry, in partnership with the RHS, have published the results of a study into the damaging effects of bad digging practice, along with a few suggestions as to how to improve your posture and technique to help reduce the risk of […]
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RHS Level 2 Exams Imminent
Since January this year I’ve been studying to take the examinations for the RHS Level 2 Certificate in Plant Growth, Propagation and Development. Those exams are coming up on Monday and I’ve been revising like crazy of late, hence the recent lack of blog updates. That’s likely to remain the case until the middle of […]
Yeah, it’s cute when your cat sits on top of the toasty, warm Vitopod propagator. Well worth taking a snap and tweeting it: "A warming device for my furry butt-bits? Why thank you, how thoughtful." #vitopod #alternativeusesthereof pic.twitter.com/Z5ksZkgAIz — Darren Turpin (@nftallotment) February 9, 2016 But later on, when she decides that vermiculite smells like […]