Terry Willis Gardening

27/11/2023

Uncut grass keeps the soil at 19.5°C
A grass cut at a level of 10 cm maintains the soil temperature at 24.5°C
Bare soil in the middle of summer rises to more than 40°C

That is why it is important to make this knowledge visible.

27/11/2023

I do see a lot of bad pruning out there.

How and When to Prune Trees and Shrubs🌳
Full guide in the first comment 💬👀

10/05/2023

Embrace the hero plants!

Itching to whip your flowerbeds or veg patch into shape now spring has finally arrived? Not so fast! Life’s much easier when you work with nature rather than against it

18/11/2021

WHEN IS YOUR GARLIC READY TO HARVEST?

It's exciting when you see others posting their harvested garlic photos on Facebook and you wonder if you should be harvesting your own garlic - but are not quite sure if they are ready.

Firstly I think it's worth remembering that there are many types of garlic (11 garlic groups in total) and they are categorised into Extra Early, Early, Mid and Late season harvesting groups. This means there can be as much as 8-10 weeks difference between the earliest harvesting garlic and the latest harvesting ones.

So if you haven't marked your garlic with signs to remind you of the garlic group, cultivar and harvesting timing - then perhaps just simplifying it back to SOFTNECK OR HARDNECK is easier for many.

**** SOFTNECK are harvested when they have died back to just 6 remaining green leaves.

**** HARDNECK are harvested when they have died back to just 4.5 remaining green leaves.

So don't feel pressured to harvest your garlic just because everyone else is. Your garlic will tell you when it is ready to harvest by the number of remaining green leaves - and all you really need to remember is whether they are a softneck or hardneck.

06/11/2021

I enjoyed listening to Paul Ward’s words of wisdom.

Lou Lorback and Claire Reynolds Cohost Dig It on Main Fm We interview Paul Ward about Kate and his garden. Paul's garden philosophy is based in permaculture with and interest in foraging, and agriculture.

12/10/2021

There seems to a Yates product called Ratsak Naturals that doesn’t secondary kill.

Sign up to keep dangerous rat poisons out of bird food chains!

29/05/2021

Ever put in a green manure? Now is a great time to do it. It will get your soil back in shape for summer crops.

Green manures are crops grown to be turned back into the soil, adding maximum nutrients for healthier veggies. Here’s how to grow your own.

18/05/2021

Don’t be scared to prune your fruit! Read this and cut away!!

Pruning your helps ensure a bigger harvest, provides easier access to fruit, and creates healthier trees - which means more resilience for you.

25/11/2020

Recently Organic Gardener received an email from Wendy with some pictures asking what was causing the damage to her vegetables and other plants in her garden. This letter was passed on to me and after a bit of research I realised I was looking at the effects of one of the herbicides in the Picloram,...

30/10/2020

Some photos of the veggie patch I’ve been working on.