Martha Swales

MY BOOK IS OUT TOMORROW 🥳🥳🥳! I love my garden so much and I hope this book helps more people learn to…

Three years of my tiny pond ❤️ recap and first update of 2024 ☺️, it’s good news from the tiny pond.…

When I started sharing my garden on Instagram, I did it because I am obsessed, but now nearly two years…

If you’ve never grown your own food before - green garlic is the perfect place to start. All you need is a…

Harvest time 💕 A beautiful September harvest from my little veg patch. This is my second year cultivating…

I make this tomato tart so often and it’s always a winner. You can also do delicious variations - I…

Aphids natural pest control I’d heard about parasitoid wasps and aphids but I sort of couldn’t quite believe…

August/ September is the perfect time to order and plant your saffron bulbs. Growing Saffron is even more…

A bit of chaotic cucumber harvesting today. I have been posting a lot less lately, maybe because I’m waiting…

If you’ve never made confit garlic before, then this is your sign. So easy, so tasty. I grow garlic every…

Have you ever tried this hack for growing carrots? Carrot seeds have notoriously poor germination if they…

A year and a half ago I got a new little veg patch. 8.5M long and 1.5M wide. Overgrown and unloved and full…

One of my all time faves. SWEETCORN! If you haven’t already started from seed it’s not too late. I sowed…

My garden is very small, people always say it’s smaller in real life than it looks online. But it’s packed…

How to Grow Bigger Bushier Basil! 🌱 The biggest issue most people run into when growing basil from seed is…

Meet Mo, my favorite garden pal. We rescued him three years ago after his very handsome moustache stole our…

It’s the first week of April and I’ve harvested and cooked homegrown food everyday! 😊😊😊 1. Oyster…

Everything you need to know about growing potatoes in containers - one of my fave projects ever. Homegrown…

Our Top Tips for Growing Food from Seed🌱 As Spring approaches and we enter into gardening and seed sowing…

Think you don’t have space to grow food? Let me prove you wrong. Here are 12 of my favourite space efficient…

Add drying beans to your seed list this year. There are many different kinds - last year I grew these…

One of the coolest projects I’ve ever done. Oyster mushrooms are extremely easy to grow and a great mushroom…

I will never get tired of watching mushrooms grow, they are mesmerising. You need 3 things to grow oyster…

Strawberries are the ultimate container fruit, happy in small spaces, they are perfect for windowboxes where…