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Let’s keep growing! #DigYourOwnaForCorona

8 April 2020April 8, 2020the3growbagsLeave a comment

Are any of your seeds germinating yet? If you joined the3growbags on our fortnight-long veg sprint, they might be. If you didn’t catch it but would like to start growing veg, there’s absolutely time to get going here. In any case until a more normal stride returns, we’d love to keep in touch. For the next six weeks, we’d like to share a post each Wednesday giving a veggie garden update, a recipe for home-grown veg (from a Growbag husband of course, we’re pretty hopeless) and a short ‘nature-note’ reminding us of the sights and sounds that come for...

Feeding Early Bees and Prepping Veg Beds – Growhow Tips for February

8 February 2020February 8, 2020the3growbagsLeave a comment

Are your fingers itching, as mine are, to get going in the garden? While we are waiting for the busy-ness of March to begin, how about helping the early insects, beautifying garden trees or preparing the veg beds for the coming season……. Catering for Critters Unexpectedly mild winter weather in the south has been worryingly confusing birds and insects who are waking up before their customary food-sources are available, so we as gardeners ought to be aware of how we can help out these early-stirrers. It sounds odd, but bees are apparently more likely to starve in a mild...

Perking up plants in pots and other jobs: Grow-How tips for very early spring

23 February 2019February 23, 2019the3growbags5 Comments

I hope the weather has been kind enough to let you get into the garden a bit this February! How about looking after your potted shrubs while you’re out there? Or the aconites? Or maybe sow some more seeds inside? Here are some thoughts about tasks to have a go at, at what’s normally a chilly time of year: TOP-DRESSING SHRUBS IN POTS If you have shrubs growing in pots, as I have, this is a good time to give them some TLC. Using containers is such a good way of achieving flexibility with your plant-positioning as well as growing things...