april

April Planting

April is the month in which Bretons traditionally start to put serious work into their gardens. It is still too early to plant anything that is at all sensitive to cold – courgettes, sweetcorn, etc. – but it is the month in which the weeds wake up after their winter slow-down, and any part of [...]

Protecting Cabbages

Cabbages would be easy to grow if they were’nt so susceptible to so many  pests and diseases. It is important to rotate the cabbage crop – leaving at least two years between cabbage crops in a piece of ground. The main thing at this time of year is to protect the plants from wood pigeons [...]

Basic Potato Growing

If you have not done much vegetable gardening before, the best crop to start with is potatoes – they yield a large crop, taste many times better than any you can buy in the shops, and will grow in previously unworked soil.
The key is to start work now, and to keep doing a little every [...]