Great post Tanja, it's so nice to see really experienced gardeners share their trial and error stories. We have also tried a few things like the potatoes in straw in one of our projects and found it gave us very few potatoes!
I really enjoyed this post - and totally agree: we need both gardening stories (and more of them) and experienced based 'how to' information (experienced based, in the way you write and share, is the key here: we definitely do not need more how to guides put together by desk research - as so many of them on the internet seem to be!). So much of gardening is learning new things and then just trying them with an open mind. I often broadcast seed on my allotment (particularly of rocket and mustards in September) in part because I am lazy and in part because I really enjoy it. And it works - until the pigeons discover it, at any rate.
Great post Tanja, it's so nice to see really experienced gardeners share their trial and error stories. We have also tried a few things like the potatoes in straw in one of our projects and found it gave us very few potatoes!
Glad you enjoyed it! And I totally agree on potatoes in straw. Such a bad idea!
What a lovely response. Thank you! I sometimes "share" seeds with starlings, the little buggers. And thank you for your Substack! I really enjoy it.
Oh, thank you! I'm really please to finally be here on Substack and meeting people like you. It reminds me of how Twitter was at the very beginning.
I really enjoyed this post - and totally agree: we need both gardening stories (and more of them) and experienced based 'how to' information (experienced based, in the way you write and share, is the key here: we definitely do not need more how to guides put together by desk research - as so many of them on the internet seem to be!). So much of gardening is learning new things and then just trying them with an open mind. I often broadcast seed on my allotment (particularly of rocket and mustards in September) in part because I am lazy and in part because I really enjoy it. And it works - until the pigeons discover it, at any rate.
Now that's something I have no experience with! I used to help with baling when I was a kid, but I haven't seen those small bales in a long time.