Gardening has always been in my life, although I didn’t really pick up the spade until 2010. My late dad was a great gardener. I have treasured memories of him placing me in his wheelbarrow as we headed towards the largest playground I’d ever seen. There, I’d be left to my own devices: exploring plots, having adventures, and creating stories, normally Star Wars related.
When I was older, I moved to London with the hopes of being an actor. After my training, I rose to the dizzying heights of playing ‘spear-carrier 4’ at London’s National Theatre and dying in the arms of the Rocky IV villain Dolph Lundgren.
After years of trying to get in front of the camera, I was more successful behind it, so I became a TV editor and director. It was a very creative job, enabling me to travel the world meeting weird and wonderful people.
But when I bought my first house with my wife 10 years ago, I rediscovered gardening and my world changed.
DO NOT KILL!
At first, Sophie was the gardener. But when she had to go abroad for several months to work on a film shoot, she left me with a collection of half-germinated seedlings and strict instructions not to kill them.
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SEPTEMBER SPECIALS
This month, with sweetcorn, figs and blackberries on the menu, Anna Cairns Pettigrew is not only serving up something sweet and something savoury, but all things scrumptious
FLAVOURSOME FRUIT AUTUMN RASPBERRIES
September - is it late summer or the start of autumn? David Patch ponders the question and says whatever the season, it's time to harvest autumn raspberries
SOW GREEN THIS AUTUMN
Covering the soil with a green manure in winter offers many benefits and this is a good time to sow hardy types, says KG editor Steve Ott
A HISTORICAL HAVEN OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS
KG's Martin Fish takes time out from his own plot to visit a walled garden in Lincolnshire which has been home to the same family for more than 400 years
RESTORING THE BALANCE
The phrase regenerative gardening is often heard in gardening circles, but what is it? Can it help you to grow better veg? Ecologist Becky Searle thinks so, and tells us why
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld shares his expertise on using compost made from green bin collections with handy tips on getting the right consistency and quality
Celebrating Organic September!
In this special section we bring you four great features aimed at improving your crops and allowing nature to thrive
SEEING RED
Do your tomatoes have a habit of remaining stubbornly green? Or perhaps you're lucky to enjoy lots of lovely fruits - just all at once. Either way, Benedict Vanheems is here with some top tips to ripen and process the nation's favourite summer staple
NEW KIDS ON THE BROCCOLI!
Rob Smith is talking broccoli this month with a review of the different types available and suggestions for some exciting new varieties to try
A NEW kitchen garden
Martin Fish is getting down to plenty of picking and planting on the garden veg plot, while Jill is rustling up something pepper-licking good!
