Who would turn down the chance to obtain plants for almost no cost? Learning to propagate your own plants will help you do this and also allow you to retain particular varieties that you particularly like. Propagating from plants which have shown more vigour and fruitfulness gives you an advantage over using seeds or potted plants which are not maximally adapted to your garden.
New Book “Tomato”- All Your Questions Answered and More
Tomato – Know, Sow, Grow, Feast, 2018 This new book by Penny Woodward, Janice Sutton and Karen Sutherland makes a major contribution to providing…
Growing Plants from Seed
If you would like to have an attractive and productive garden which doesn’t cost a packet and which allows a wider range of choice than is available…
Crowd Seed Harvests
Tiny Trowel, a relatively new initiative, seeks to engage the wider community to supply excess fresh fruit and veggies from back yard gardens to…
Know Your Seeds
What’s in a seed? A seed contains the blueprint or instructions to produce a new plant. Traditionally all seeds were open-pollinated. That is, the…
Soil Blocks – Starting Seedlings Organically
Soil blocking is a sustainable way to start seedlings. Efficient, easy, fun and great for growing strong healthy seedlings, soil blocks are used in…
Growing Herbs, Vegetables & Flowering Annuals from Seed
Growing from seed is fun and rewarding as well as being very cost effective. You can access a much broader variety of plants than those that are…
Plant Propagation from Cuttings
How often do we see a lovely shrub or perennial in a friend’s garden and just wish we had one like it? And with a little skill, ingenuity AND your…
The Importance of Heritage Fruit Trees
This post has been submitted by one of SGA's Cuttings readers. See the bottom of this post for info on how you too can contribute to our website. In…
Growing Summer Veggies From Seed
If you love growing your own vegetables over summer then you’ll be pleased to know that many of them are easily grown from seed. The most popular…
Swapping Seeds
It seems to be quite a common practice to swap seeds with overseas friends and relatives. This seemingly benign and happy pastime has a dark side…
