RESOURCES: Sowing and growing Getting started growing your own food can be a daunting thing - where do you start? What should you grow, and when. There are so many books and websites out there with a huge depth of knowledge, so what we have produced is a very simple guide to the basics.
The gardener’s year Written and illustrated by Elly Kinross
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s the year turns and the seasons progress there are the significant times for sowing, growing and eating growing food…
Sowing
February, the weather outside might be frightful but on a warm window sill you can have the first glimpse of spring.
Leaf Burst
“Look deep into Nature and then you will understand everything better” - Albert Einstein
This is usually April for milder parts of Scotland although the last few years have been a bit unpredictable. Now we can begin to plant out and sow frost tender plants into the garden. Fruit trees will begin to send out their first leaves so this is the end of the pruning and planting season for them.
Midsummer
The wheel of the year
The longer days are telling the plants to reach their climax, to send out flowers and make seeds. Avoid sowing seeds around this time especially greens as they will tend to bolt and go to seed and miss out the tasty leafy stage. The following months are our abundant months, spend time harvesting summer food and nurturing and protecting your plants.