The Urban Gardener

03/04/2026

No-one really shows you what happens if you don't use stakes, or cages, or support your tomatoes in some way.

Largw tomatoes make the plants too heavy and they fall over, making them stem split.

Sooo.. secure them to have long lasting, healthy plants 🍅

03/06/2025

What are planting this winter ? 🌧

21/01/2025

Urban Gardening Tip of the Week:
💡 Use kitchen scraps to grow new plants!

Save scraps like green onion roots, garlic cloves, or lettuce bottoms and regrow them in a small jar of water on your windowsill. Once they sprout, transfer them to a container with soil.

It’s a fun, low-cost way to reduce waste and grow fresh produce right in your kitchen!

And if only the leaves grow, fed them to your rabbits, guinea pigs, and so on, or donate them to a local animal sanctuary.

25/11/2024

Summer's coming - but so are the mozzies! Get planting now to try and naturally keep them away. In addition to these, you can also plant citronella and lemon grass. Would love to know if you have had success with natural remedies?

24/11/2024

This is very useful when you know there's something going on with your plant, but you don't know what it is. Otherwise, take a lead to you local garden centre and they can help you.

23/11/2024

If you don't have a garden, use planters of various shapes and sizes like a friend of mine did, to grow your own healthy food. Think of lifting plants off the ground to not only add colour and variety to a wall or empty space, but you'll also find that slugs and snails don't get to them nearly as often as when they are growing in the ground.

22/11/2024

Green peppers thrive when planted alongside carrots, cucumbers, or onions, as these companions deter pests and improve the microenvironment. Don't plant them too close to fennel or kohlrabi, which can inhibit their growth.

16/08/2024

Got pumpkin?

Make pumpkin soup!

Looks like another wet weekend, so why not?

Try this recipe: https://www.travellers-fare.com/pumpkin-soup/

15/08/2024

15/08/2024

Definitely going to try this!

Don't have a pantry - repurpose a cupboard.