Emma Doughty
Britain
Emma Doughty
Britain
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How to grow oca - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain - New Zealand
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:05

How to grow oca

For my Masters dissertation last year I did some research into gardeners who choose to grow unusual edible crops. I settled on two species to investigate, achocha and oca. In the past I’ve written about how to grow achocha – it’s a nice, easy plant and in a temperate climate you should have no problems getting a significant yield. You may have more of a problem dealing with the glut….

Sárpo spuds - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain - Ireland
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:04

Sárpo spuds

Back at the end of May, I picked up two bags of Sárpo Mira seed potatoes, discounted at the garden centre as it was past prime spud-planting time. When I went to GIY UK two months later, I still hadn’t found time to plant them.

Hands-on gardening on the ISS - theunconventionalgardener.com - Usa - Britain
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:02

Hands-on gardening on the ISS

If you’re currently tending lettuce plants, then you have something in common with the crew on board the International Space Station (ISS). They’re testing NASA’s new Vegetable Production System – affectionately known as ‘Veggie’. At 11.5 inches by 14.5 inches, Veggie is the largest plant growth chamber to have been blasted into space, and was developed by Orbital Technologies Corp.

Plant Protection: Cloches - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:02

Plant Protection: Cloches

It has been a difficult spring for gardeners, and their plants, here in the UK. If you’re lucky enough to have the space (and funds) for a greenhouse or a polytunnel then that goes a long way to protecting plants from the vagaries of the weather, but for everyone else cloches are a good solution to the problems it brings.

Is anybody listening? - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain - Scotland
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:02

Is anybody listening?

I’d like to write more books. I enjoy writing and I have ideas and information that I want so share, and packaging it up neatly in a coherent volume is a bit different to just churning out blog posts. For one thing, it’s more permanent; I’ve sent copies of Jade Pearls and Alien Eyeballs to the British Library and to the five legal deposit libraries (Bodleian Library Oxford University, The Cambridge University Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales and Trinity College Dublin), and knowing that they have been preserved for posterity is not a small thing.

The Small Harvest Handbook - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:01

The Small Harvest Handbook

A couple of weeks ago, I was looking for some statistics about the average UK garden size, and I found some interesting ones. According to the 2015 media pack for the RHS The Garden magazine, a document that is aimed at attracting advertisers to the publication, the 380,000 RHS members the magazine is sent to have gardens that are 10 times larger than the UK average, covering over half an acre.

Strawberries and Wimbledon - theunconventionalgardener.com - Usa - Britain
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:01

Strawberries and Wimbledon

Wimbledon fortnight coincides with the height of the strawberry season here in the UK and the humble strawberry becomes world-famous as tennis spectators tuck into strawberries and cream in front of the cameras. This year it even looks like they’ll be able to leave their raincoats at home!

Plant chemistry: blackcurrants and cat pee - theunconventionalgardener.com - Usa - Britain - state Indiana
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 12:01

Plant chemistry: blackcurrants and cat pee

I’m not a chemist, but I do find plant chemistry (and the links and patterns between different plants) to be a fascinating topic. Fortunately there are chemists out there who can bring these to our attention, and Compound Interest includes some great plant-related infographics amongst a wider spread of chemical topics.

How to Protect Your Plants - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 11:59

How to Protect Your Plants

“April showers bring May flowers.” English proverb

Stand up for Ancient Trees #CelebrateSpring - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain - Scotland
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 11:59

Stand up for Ancient Trees #CelebrateSpring

One of the great joys of spring is seeing trees leaf out and bloom. They bring so much joy, and do so much for us, and yet are rarely valued as they should be. In particular, ancient trees are wondrous, magical things. Impressive and complex structures, they have lots of nooks and crannies in which wildlife can find a home. As fungi feed on the tree they provide food for woodland creatures, and a hollowed out trunk provides shelter. Although ancient trees are in the final stage of their life, and technically in decline, they have a lot to give, and can go on living for a long time, depending on the species.

Plants in Space: CRS-18 - theunconventionalgardener.com - Britain
theunconventionalgardener.com
21.08.2023 / 11:58

Plants in Space: CRS-18

At 11 pm on Friday (BST, 18:01 EDT), SpaceX launched an uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). This Dragon capsule has been to the ISS twice before, making it the first to fly in space for a third time. This is the 18th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract mission for NASA: CRS-18.

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