Let’s Grow With Morrisons
Saw an ad on TV this morning for the Morrisons Lets Grow campaign so thought I’d have a look and see what its all about. The reward scheme provides schools with gardening equipment and tools to inspire...
View ArticleLand of the Giants, Veg that is!
I just found the mother of all vegetable shows whilst browsing this evening! I present the The 25th annual Llanharry Giant Vegetable Showin Wales. Man alive there were some impressive crops on show,...
View ArticleDON’T PANIC – UK Sprout shortage!
It looks like all this bad weather we have had has finally taken it’s toll. The cold snap across the UK has meant caused frozen crops impossible to harvest the ususal way. Can you imagine? No sprouts...
View ArticleFree seeds
Make sure you don’t miss out on our free seeds give away! All you need to do to get your hands on 10 free tomato seeds is to visit our facebook page and become a fan, then send us your details on the...
View ArticleChildren don’t know their 5 a day!
I have just read through a recent poll from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) that suggests that many children nowadays are much less clued up about their greens than their parents and grandparents...
View ArticleEveryone Do The Rain Dance!
I hope you will all join us here and do what ever it is you do to bring the rain! That’s not us just being misreable and wishing away the glorious weather we have seen over the past few weeks. It’s...
View ArticleThe King of Vitamin C
We know what you are thinking…. Blackcurrants Red Pepper Strawberry Orange …….nope…….. guess again. We are talking about Albert Szent-Györgyi of course! (the handsome chap below) Who? Google are today...
View ArticleIs Pizza One Of Your 5 a day?
Well, of course it isn’t. But some prople accross the pond seem to think it is. According to the Daily Mail today a School Lunches Bill is going before congress to try and reclassify the humble pizza...
View ArticleFlooding Wrecks UK Veggies
Thousands of acres of potatoes, vegetables and leafy vegetables have been ruined in Lancashire, North-West England, as a result of drainage ditches overflowing and flooding the land. The NFU says that...
View ArticleBeware of the Sprouts!
Someone sent us this story of a man who unfortunately managed to overdose on the humble little sprout: Brussels sprouts ‘overdose’ hospitalised man at Christmas, report reveals A man from Ayrshire...
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