Green Lane Allotments Diary Weekend 27 January On the plot Paid a brief visit to the plot to gather vegetables for the week. Harvested leeks, cabbage, carrots and parsnips. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and plants at Victoriana Nurseries. Just click here to [...]

Image copyright Fennel and Fern Grow Campsis x tagliabuana if you have one of those sought-after south-facing, sunny, sheltered walls. It romps happily over walls and fences to height of 30ft if left unchecked and will produce clusters of fiery orange trumpets in a warm summer. Just make sure you’re not too fond of your [...]

Image copyright Fennel and Fern Bindweed is an evil plant. Its white roots snake through the soil, can reproduce from a very small section of root, and are extremely resilient. But if you have ever felt a twinge of regret as you pull down those beautiful white trumpet-like flowers, its annual cousin, Ipomoea tricolor, is [...]

Ever been stuck for recipe inspiration during a glut of vegetables? Now, thanks to monthly blogs from the team at Vegalicious, the step from potager to plate never felt so easy, or fun. Chris, who runs the blog with her husband Harald, gives us a taste of her work. Vegalicious is a website [...]

Vegalicious January 2009: Pasta with Kale, white beans and almonds Kale, also known as Borecole (Dutch: Boerenkool), is a typical winter vegetable here in the Netherlands and Germany. Traditionally it is used in a dish called stamppot. But there is much more you can do with kale and this is one of our [...]

::cress heads:: originally uploaded by Stripy Sock Studio Shame on any gardener who chucks their eggshells in the bin. They are even more useful once you have eaten their contents. Leave them in your compost heap and they will help counteract excess acidity. Use them to start seeds in, as Helen has done (make sure [...]

Green Lane Allotments Diary Weekend 13 January ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and plants at Victoriana Nurseries. Just click here to claim an automatic discount. Subscribe to F&F updates ——————————————————————————————————————————-

New Routes: January 2009 by Jill Coleman New Routes has had a slow start to the New Year. Although we were on site all the way up until Christmas Eve, we shut down for a week and the end of December and were due to return in the first week of January. However, [...]

If you’ve got a packet of parnsip seeds languishing in your drawer from several years ago, think twice before sowing. Some seeds (parsnips in particular) need sowing fresh. And just so you don’t make any mistakes, here is the Fennel and Fern guide to seed shelf-life. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off [...]

Image copyright Fennel and Fern This white hyacinth has been poised on the brink of bursting open all week. The white stars are beginning to tentatively open and shout their scent all over the room. Previous experience with hyacinths inelegantly falling over like a model on a catwalk has taught me a number of things. [...]

This morning was beautiful. After weeks of hiding under my duvet on Saturdays, trying to think of reasons to lie in all morning, the spring-like sunshine and cheerful breeze pushed me out of my door and into the garden. ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and [...]

Green Lane Allotments Diary Weekend 6 January ——————————————————————————————————————————- Fennel & Fern readers can get 10% off on flower, vegetable and fruit seeds and plants at Victoriana Nurseries. Just click here to claim an automatic discount. Subscribe to F&F updates ——————————————————————————————————————————-