Clik here to view.
Intelligent Gardening – French Style at the Miromesnil Potager garden
Flowers and Vegetables at Miromesnil My brother in law has a house near Dieppe and we get to go over there for a long weekend most years. There are lots of gardens there worth visiting – Jardin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Preserving what you produce
Well it seems to be that time of year again when we have an excess of fruits that we need to preserve. Here at the glasshouses we tend to make things like Tomato chutney, chilli Jelly and Marmalade. In...
View ArticleThe great nematode famine.
Slug Control What a strange year this has been. Although we have the great advantage that growing under glass we can keep our soil in a controlled state, we still have to deal with pests. As organic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
While we’re snow bound we can still be planning
Milo looking for mice amongst the chicoryUp in the glasshouses, the broadbeans and mange tout are well on, the chard and spinach are waiting to burst into life again as soon as the light turns but we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three powerful reasons to grow organic.
I’m currently working on two pro bono projects at the moment. One is to help Martin Dewhurst source items for his Saharawi refugee camp gardens project New Dawn Rovers. The other is creating an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cosmic Beetroot – a great recipe
Cosmic Beetroot This is a great recipe for beetroot. It goes really well with Curries – we used to used to serve it with Keema Korma. Simply boil the beetroot in the usual way then let it cool. It’s...
View ArticleWhat’s going on at Fletching Glasshouses
One of the delights of social media is that it’s quite easy to incorporate information from one place into another. Our vegetable production arm has its own web site which is all about Organic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Springtime on the horizon – growth in the garden – and pests.
One of the delights of having a birthday at the back end of February is that you know if you can just grit your teeth and hang on till the critical date then winter will nearly be over. The light has...
View ArticleJob Vacancies at Fletching Glasshouses
Horticultural Worker needed To join a small team growing organic vegetables at Fletching Glasshouses. We are soil association accredited and grow a wide variety of crops for the local market. Full-time...
View ArticleIt will soon be time for the slugs again – control them with nematodes
As we go into the Spring, the birds and flowers are starting to wake up. And so are the slugs. Here at the glasshouses, we manage them using nematodes. Nematodes are one of the most abundant creatures...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What a busy time – open day on Saturday
. Since we wrote last we have been really busy finishing the biological controls road show, exhibiting at RHS Hampton Court and running a couple of open days. The first one was in June but we have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Humming Bird Hawk Moth
This is a little video I shot last autumn on my iPhone in the garden of our villa in Gundogan, near Bodrum. This creature looks and behaves like a humming bird but is actually a moth!. You can actually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sciarid Fly – a greenhouse pest
One of the prevalent pests we have in our own nursery are sciarid flie – small flies that buzz around the plants on the propagation benches. They seem particularly active in the winter months judging...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Time to get planting
Whether you have an allotment, greenhouse or just a windowsill, there’s lots you can do to give your seedlings the best start. Seedlings on Propagation Bench This month we are busy at our nursery...
View Article