Pippa’s gardening news

Pippa's gardening news and advice contains articles on how to Grow Veg, Growing Veg, Veg Seeds, and Veg Plants.

BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time Garden Party	Thursday, June 24, 2010
This weekend it is the Gardeners' Question Time Summer Garden Party at Sparsholt College.....and I can't wait read more >>

Vegetable Plants are Growing so well	Thursday, June 17, 2010
Growing your own vegetables is just so rewarding, even if the pigeons are driving me mad ! read more >>

Slugs and Snails	Friday, June 11, 2010
If you grow your own vegetables, Slugs and snails are the bane of your life. read more >>

Plastic Plants in a Much Respected Garden Centre!	Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Call me a stick in the mud, but why oh why does my local garden centre, part of a well-respected 'chain' of up-market centres, now sell plastic plants??! read more >>

I don't often grow tomatoes outdoors, but this year I planted out leftovers from the greenhouse, which became massive and hugely productive.

The peaches ('Avalon') cropped brilliantly, producing the biggest fruits yet, but as soon as they approached ripeness, the wasps attacked.

This must be the first year that I've harvested a crop of garlic with no traces of rust: not a pustule in sight.

I adore home-grown courgettes. They lack that slightly bitter taste and spongy texture you can get with supermarket specimens.