My Global Garden

How to benefit from Climate Change in your Veg Garden

1. September 2010

This guest post has been written by Peter Kearney who created and runs the excellent City Food Growers web-sit from Brisbane in Australia. Peter uses his expert horticultural knowledge and practical experience to explain how vegetable gardens can adapt to changing temperatures and unpredictable weather. Being in tune with your local climate is one of most important [...]

Grow 2 eat

31. August 2010

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If you can find space to grow your own produce you will save money, eat the freshest produce, become healthier and re-discover your taste buds. Explore this new site offering discounts and special deals that have been negotiated for the Grow2eat community - members of allotment associations, vegetable societies, garden clubs and individuals [...]

August ends with Glutney

30. August 2010

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August has certainly delivered a mixed bag of weather for the UK but, it seems that the very hot July followed by heavy August rains is good news for many vegetables this year. On my patch of the Village allotment I have a delicious glut of green and red tomatoes, courgettes, green peppers and chillis that [...]

London Capital Growth events

29. August 2010

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Capital Growth is working towards 2012 new community food growing spaces for London by 2012. This amazing project is literally “growing” all the time .They organise regular networking events aimed at bringing together all those involved in community food growing projects across the capital. It is free to Capital Growth members and £5 for individuals or groups not [...]

Catch the rain

22. August 2010

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The South East is exepcting a stormy and wet night with a severe weather warning issued by the Met Office and up to 8cm (3in) of rain expected to fall as well as fears of flash flooding. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/22/severe-weather-southern-england With heavy rainfall it is a good time to think about the value of harvesting some of this precious [...]

Grow your Own Tomatoes

16. August 2010

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This is a great year for tomatoes. I am busy harvesting a bumper crop from my little space in The Village Allotment on the South Coast. Green or red - it doesn’t matter what colour - they all go to making chutneys, salsas, sauce or are eaten in delicious home grown salads. Anyone can grow tomatoes - [...]

Climate changes UK fruit farms

15. August 2010

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Dr Chris Atkinson, head of science at East Malling Research Centre in Kent, which has been collecting climate data since 1913, said the climate was a big determinate when growing fruit because temperature and rainfall had a big impact on crops. The climate data shows that the seasons have been getting longer [...]

RHS highlights garden renaissance

5. August 2010

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Increasing numbers of people are joining their local garden and allotment clubs, says the Royal Horticultural Society in the lead up to its annual Dig Together Day on 4th and 5th September.http://www.rhs.org.uk/digtogetherday The gardening ‘renaissance’ was revealed by a recent survey of 100 of the Society’s affiliated gardening clubs - 73% of clubs [...]

NW England endures hosepipe ban

10. July 2010

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After the driest start to the year since 1929, the North West of England has a temporary hosepipe ban imposed since 6.00 am Friday, 9 July. Only half the average amount of rain has fallen in the North West in the last six months, so even though the area was flooded last [...]

Capital Growth inspires Edible Estates

1. July 2010

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This week Capital Growth announced an incentive for housing estates in London to get involved with growing their own food via community gardens: “We want every housing estate in London to have a community food growing project, we want to see communities coming together to celebrate good food and we want Londoners to go [...]