Fruit & Veg

Welcome to The Little Garden Blog

Here you will find various snippets of writing, musings and photographs of gardens and gardening – with the occasional related topic thrown in.

I’ve tried to categorise my posts under various headings which I hope will make it easier to navigate:

Flowers; Fruit & Veg; Herbs; Bee Plant of the Month; Seasonal; Techniques;

View from The Wine Shed; Bugs & Critters; Equipment; Garden Visits.

Each more-or-less does what the heading suggests, except View from The Wine Shed which is me drawing inspiration over a glass of wine at my local wine bar!

I hope you enjoy reading my posts!

Maureen Little

a day ago
5 min

Swiss Chard

I first came across the name Chard when I was told as a youngster that my best friend’s Grandad’s second name was Chard. Somewhat unusual, but it seems that ...

Maureen Little

Apr 26
6 min

The Four Fs - Designing a Planting Plan

I was having a chat with a friend the other day and she was asking how she should go about putting together a planting plan for the new border she had dug ou...

Maureen Little

Apr 15
5 min

Blossom by blossom the spring begins...

One of the things I look forward to in spring, apart from the beloved house martins, swallows and swifts returning, is fruit trees coming into blossom. There...

Maureen Little

Mar 20
4 min

Sparrow Grass

Certain events seem to mark the natural cycle of the year for me: they have become my lodestones. Looking out for the harvest moon is one; the first frost of...

Maureen Little

Mar 15
2 min

Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!

Rhubarb’s a bit like marmite – you either love it or hate it. I love it – especially rhubarb crumble with proper custard. I think it used to be grown and eat...

Swiss Chard

The Four Fs - Designing a Planting Plan

Blossom by blossom the spring begins...

Sparrow Grass

Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!

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