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An advent calendar to light up the Christmas countdown and inspire the whole gardening year: this Vegetables, Herbs & Flowers Seed Advent Calendar will amaze you with 24 carefully selected open-pollinated varieties – colourful, diverse and easy to grow. Whether you’re a brand new gardener or an expert grower, this calendar will bring fresh inspiration to your windowsills, balconies and gardens.
Have you heard of ‘Cool Flowers’? If not then you definitely need to! These flowers are not just cool in every sense of the word – they’re a real game-changer for all flower lovers. But let’s start at the beginning.
The bite of bitter disappointment You’ve lovingly nurtured your cucumbers from seed, watered them daily, and looked forward to enjoying that first crisp home-grown fruit. But instead of tasting fresh and mild it’s bitter – yuck! If this has happened to you then you’re not alone. It’s something many home growers experience now and then.
Summer is just getting going – but this is precisely the time when you need to be thinking about winter. Because if you want to be harvesting your own crispy-fresh, home-grown veg when it’s cold outside then mid-June is when you can leap into action. While tomatoes, courgettes and cucumbers are growing it’s the start of the key sowing period for many winter vegetables.
The longest day and shortest night mark the start of one of the most magical times in the year – the summer solstice, also known as midsummer. On Midsummer Eve nature shines in all its glory – full of life, light and a deep connection between heaven and earth. Our ancestors also celebrated this transition, connecting themselves with the forces of nature through fires, dancing and rituals.
In old weather lore, and especially in continental Europe, mid-May brings a key annual landmark for gardeners known as the ‘Ice Saints’. This is the time, so it’s said, when you might see the last cold snap in spring – and after which even your tender plants can finally go outdoors. It’s when the long winter wait finally comes to an end!
