April 2023 - Page 2 of 3 - Bite Sized Gardening

Mulch & No Dig Compost Calculator

On April 13, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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This Mulch & No Dig Calculator is Perfect For Calculating How Much Compost You Need For No Dig & Flower Beds. It Works In Imperial Or Metric, You Choose What Suits You. Knowing how much compost you’ll need to add to No Dig beds or to flower beds is easy to calculate using this mulching or compost requirements calculator.… More Leave a comment

How To Make a Seedbed Module/Block Marker

On April 13, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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Years Ago I Used A Homemade Block (Module) Marker To Space Several Million Lettuce Outdoors. It Ensured Each Plant Had Enough Space To Grow But No Space Was Wasted. Here’s How I Did It. Essentially this tool is a Module Marker, Seedbed Marker or Block Marker depending on how you use it.… More Leave a comment

Microgreens And Transplants: The Similarities & Differences.

On April 12, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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What Is The Difference Between Microgreens And Transplants? Very Little Except Intention In My Case, As Left Over Microgreens Can Become Transplants. The first image on this page is a module tray of mixed salad leaves, which includes quite a few oriental brassicas.… More Leave a comment

Wartime Kitchen Garden Part 7

On April 12, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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Wartime Kitchen Garden Part 7 More wartime nostalgia with Harry Dodson and Ruth Mott in this BBC eight part series. In this video we see harvesting broad beans, making potash fertiliser, heating greenhouses and making Christmas cakes without eggs! https://youtu.be/_M07uOfEfb8 Join My Gardening Groups ….… More Leave a comment

Raised Bed Compost Calculator: Gardening Calculator

On April 10, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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This Easy To Use Raised Bed Compost Calculator Calculates The Cubic Metres of Compost Required To Fill A Raised Bed. Just Insert Length, Width & Depth & Read The Answer. Use the Raised Bed Compost Calculator to get the compost volume and then to calculate the answer in bags of compost, just divide the metric measurement by the number of litres in the bag.… More Leave a comment

Useful Garden Tools

On April 9, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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What Are Your Most Useful Garden Tools? Some Are Common Gardening Tools With A Twist, Others Are Unusual Garden Tools. Can You Guess Their Purpose? Here are some well used garden tools and their uses, plus their pictures. But do you recognise them?… More Leave a comment

Harvest Intervals In The BioIntensive Garden

On April 9, 2023 By Stefan Drew

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Harvest Intervals In The BioIntensive Garden. It’s Not a Race, But Many Crops Mature Very Quickly. Here Are Some Potential Maturity Dates & Harvest Timings. Vegetable Harvest Intervals In The BioIntensive Garden will vary throughout the year as day length, temperature and light intensity changes with the seasons.… More Leave a comment