Ever wondered why you don’t see many gardening blogs around this time of year? You’d be wrong for guessing that we were all in hibernation because the fact of the matter is that February has got to be the busiest month of the year.

Most of you out there are probably thinking its too cold to sow anything and seedlings are not going to survive but ( Read more... )

People who don’t grow vegetables from seed or buy their flowers when they are already in bloom will not realise what a busy month February actually is. Apart from planting fruit trees, gooseberries and other fruit shrubs, unless you want to be way behind with your vegetable crop you have to sow what you can this month!

It is pretty hard considering ( Read more... )

Brassica are collectively known as cruciferous vegetables. They are a good source of food which are high in vitamin C, fiber and other chemicals that have potent anticancer properties. The plants we commonly eat are from the mustard family and most of them have been developed to be used as a food source i.e. turnips which are root vegetables,  ( Read more... )