Kitchen garden
We are the veg team at Harlow Carr – Alison Mundie (right) has been looking after veg since 1999; Amy Lax joined the RHS five years ago, after training at the gardens on the RHS one-year Diploma scheme.
Hopefully 2010 will be less frantic for us! Last year we designed and built a new productive garden (the old kitchen garden has disappeared under the new Learning Centre), with groundwork starting in winter 2008 and continuing through mud, snow and ice early last year, to construction of raised beds in spring. Even with some infrastructure to finish, and areas that need soil improvement, it was generally considered a huge success for such a new project.
Just when we thought that the season was winding down, work has started on expanding the Kitchen Garden at Harlow Carr. The estates team have been busy. Read more...
Autumn is well and truly in the chilly air this week but it's not necessarily a reason to be down! Read more...
We've been busy tidying up on the kitchen garden this month, including cutting back our willow arch as it's taking over the garden! Read more...
What a change a few weeks brings – spent this morning raking gravel and bark back on to the paths after the torrential rain last night. Read more...
Roasting hot weather again – the garden is looking lovely in the sunshine, and there’s the scent of sweet peas as you walk along the willow archway. Read more...
It's an insanely busy time for us, as well as the usual planting up and sowing like mad, we're planting the new teaching garden for the new Learning Centre. Read more. . .
We built raised beds this month for the new teaching garden by the Bramall Learning Centre. Read more. . .
Finally it feels like spring is here and its been warm enough to work in shirt sleeves! The garlic and shallots are suddenly sprouting up and its nearly time to start seed sowing. Read more...
Snow slowed us down again this month, so we've been indoors sowing seed. On the clear days we're outdoors harvesting and preparing beds for this year. Read more. . .