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3 Easy Steps to Stop Sweet Peas being eaten by Mice

If you have ever wondered "whats eating my sweet pea seedlings?" then the answer is probably mice.  Mice like cheese but mice LOVE sweet peas and peas too!  Sweet peas...
Hannah Collis
best way to grow beans in pots containers and planters

The Potty gardener Growing Beans in Pots

Since discovering the secret to growing fabulous beans in pots I have been impatient to put it to the test. Veg growers might not normally consider growing runner beans in...
Hannah Collis
The Potty Gardener gardening blog how to keep rabbits out of your garden

The Non Return of the Easter Bunny!

Growing veg in pots and planters means that juicy crops may be harder to reach for the rabbits, but those of you with a ground level vegetable patch have a...
Hannah Collis
Haxnicks gardening tips and tricks Sunbubble portable greenhouse growing space

Grandpa Haxnicks tells of Adventures in a Sunbubble

A Haxnicks Sunbubble was originally designed as an instant pop-up greenhouse, but we had not envisaged that it might become so much more than that. Some of you have been...
Grandpa Haxnicks
Potty gardener and how to protect plants from rabbits

The Potty Gardener & Easter Bunnies

For me, growing in pots and planters makes it less tempting and trickier for rabbits to nibble at any new plantings and soft growth, but for those of you growing...
Hannah Collis
The Potty Gardener and the best pot for a live Christmas tree

The Potty Gardener and her Potted Christmas Tree

I am extremely pleased with my potted tree! I can’t wait to bring it inside to be festooned with festive bits and baubles. This potted Christmas tree is on loan...
Hannah Collis
Potty Gardener and how not to plant spring bulbs

The Potty Gardener and a gardening mistake!

Approaching your gardening from a whole new angle can be refreshing, but I don't recommend this extreme angle. Whilst you can get a good look at low lying weeds and...
Hannah Collis
How to grow fancy tomatoes The potty Gardener

The Potty Gardener with her Fancy tomatoes

Why garden in gardening clothes? My expectations of all things to do with gardening are changing. If you don’t have to have a garden to grow your own fruit and...
Hannah Collis
Blog about purple carrots from the potty gardener

The Potty Gardener's Purple Carrot Recipe

I was so excited by my first harvest of such beautiful specimens that with the speed and greed of Peter Rabbit I immediately munched my way through the first two,...
Hannah Collis
The Potty gardener preps to move house, garden (and slugs!)

The Potty gardener preps to move house, garden (and slugs!)

With one week to go before we up sticks and move house and garden to sunny Dorset. I bet it rains on moving day! I have prepared my portable, potted...
Hannah Collis