welcome Alistair and hope 2013 is a good gardening year What garlic variety are you growing? Believe it or not, but garlic for autumn planting actually produces a better crop when it gets a good chill so I might suggest you remove the fleece. Overwintered Japanese onions can survive cold weather to...

Firstly, I have made my first Schoolboy error, I created my 2013 diary in the 2012 archive lol Can I ask an admin to move it over to 2013 if thats possible? Miss Ellie - This is my first year at growing it so we shall see what happens. Everyday is a school day so we will see what happens. Annie - I ...

Hi all, Thought I better start a 2013 Diary since I plan to make this my online gardening home Currently I have Garlic & Onions in 3 of my raised beds, which I have fleece over them to keep the soil warm & stop the cat using them as giant litter trays. Hopefully I will update this once in a ...