Gardening > Bulbs

Bulbs are the flowers most often associated with spring. All the favourite and familiar flowers that we associate with the end of winter, Daffodils, Hyacinth and Tulips to name just a few are grown from bulbs. Most bulbs are planted in the year before flowering from August onwards depending on the flowers chosen.

When buying bulbs is it important to buy from suppliers who do not collect from wild sources (particularly snowdrops and bluebells offered "in the green") but rather cultivate their own stocks. For the organic gardener, it is now possible to obtain organic bulbs.

Allium Bulbs
Anemone Bulbs
Camassia Bulbs
Chionodoxa Bulbs
Crocus Bulbs
Daffodil& Narcissi Bulbs
Eranthis Bulbs
Erythronium Bulbs
Hyacinth Bulbs
Leucojum (Snowflake) Bulbs
Oxalis (Wood Sorrel) Bulbs
Tulip Bulbs


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Land For Food Production

Sat May 15, 2010 9:18 pm // 8 comments // granny_nuts


I wonder just how much land it would take to feed a family of, say, 4? I know that if my family didn't buy fruit and veg we wouldn't have enough to eat but is self sufficiency down to amount of land or method of growing? Last year I overcrowded my small veg plot with counter-productive results like mildew and snail infestation that went unnoticed until we came to pick the tomatoes (all holes!). I wonder if anyone has ever been totally self providing or whether the local market and barter played...