The Food Club

Building Raised Beds

Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Justin.

I’ve been battling for the last few years to improve the quality of my soil with little success. As a result I realised it was time to experiment with some raised beds. This will quickly solve all my heavy soil issues and provide a fantastic growing medium. 
I have two major problems ahead:

I already have veg [...]

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Greenhouse Staging

Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by Justin.

As you will see from my other blog posts, I’ve recently had a greenhouse built. The main difficulty is that I didn’t have a suitable work top so I decided to order some aluminium staging. I had put some temporary shelves up but these just weren’t cutting the mustard. 
With great excitement I took delivery of [...]

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Local Markets

Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Justin.

I’ve just had a long weekend away in London and decided to look round Borough Market during my stay. This was an incredible experience and I’ve attached some of the photos from the market below.
This experience made me think about the culture we all seem to have become accustomed to of going to our local [...]

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The Saga of a Greenhouse

Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Justin.

As you will see from my last blog post I had my greenhouse arrive last month with great excitement. Unfortunately I had to wait between the delivery and the workmen arriving to put it up but at long last the work started! They were tasked with removing one of my sheds, putting in a base [...]

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Arrival of a Greenhouse

Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by Justin.

I ordered a greenhouse last month from my friends at Poplar Tree Garden Centre and it arrived this week with much excitement. I’ll be writing a post later about getting it assembled, so watch this space! 
I’m going to be removing one of my sheds, putting in a concrete plinth and then assembling the greenhouse. My [...]

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Sprouting Seeds

Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by Justin.

I love bean sprouts but not many people realise how easy they are to grow. All you need is a plastic box or a jar and a packet of mung bean seed. I happen to have a seed sprouter I bought from the garden centre. I’ve written a dumbies guide below to show you how [...]

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