North London’s latest group of keen Master Gardeners completed their induction course this weekend (18 and 19 May) at the Islington Ecology Centre. They’re now free to venture forth and inspire some lucky and unsuspecting Londoners of the wonders of food growing. The weekend course was a culmination of weeks of outreach and planning with [...]

Still waiting for the soil to warm up, but I’ve made some newspaper pots and planted some veg inside. I have a few gardeners to mentor, who are interested in patio gardening, and would like to do more this year. This is a good time of year to get people started, so I’ll be looking [...]

Snow. Sunshine. More snow. The 2013 growing season is stylishly late, but sowing can’t wait any longer. Yes, now is the time to wake up your seeds from their winter snooze. Fresh from our time with lively Master Gardeners at spring shows and latest training, here’s Garden Organic’s summary of what to plant this spring. [...]

MG Miranda writes: Over the next twelve weeks, I shall be supporting a group of residents on the De Beauvoir Estate build their own growing space. Hackney homes have agreed to set up a water butt for us (with a diverter collecting rain from the estate roof tops). I shall be taking on the residents [...]

New recruit Ann told me about her success with elephant garlic in a difficult 2012 growing year. She harvested it in ‘summer’. It’s related to a leek more than garlic and gives huge bulbs. This year so far it’s too cold, damp and snowy to put in open ground, but she’s shortly to start it [...]