Jamie Walton | Nettles & Petals

My First Book is Now Available to Pre-Order! 😊📗 This season, I set out to turn a previously unkept piece…

Welcome 🌱 I’m Jamie and for those of you who are new here I just wanted to introduce myself. 😊 I’m an…

Grow your own Oak Tree 🌳 from an Acorn! Imagine planting something in your garden today that could stand…

Green Tomato Chutney Recipe! 🫙🍅🌱 If you still have unripe tomatoes in the vegetable garden, why not use…

My Full Garlic Growing Guide 🧄🌱😊👍🏻 Garlic is one of the easiest plants to grow and save seed from in…

Plant this Onion Once, Harvest for Years! 🧅🌱 The onions that we generally grow in the vegetable garden are…

Saving Lettuce Seeds at home is surprisingly easy…🥬 You don’t a huge garden or lots of plants 😊 just leave…

Spring Bulb Lasagne 🌷🌷🪴 Now is the time to start planting spring bulbs in the garden so that we can enjoy…

Grow Coreopsis for natural dyeing! 🌼🩳🌱 Coreopsis, also known as ‘calliopsis’ or ‘tickseed’ is a vibrant…

Seeds to Sow in September 🌱🍂😊 There is more to sow in the garden this month than you might think, for…

Saving Cucumber Seeds! 🥒🌱 The next in my vegetable garden ‘Seed Saving Series’ is Cucumbers! 🥒😊 They’re…

Leave Fennel to Flower 🌱🌼🐝 Even though Florence fennel is generally grown for its bulbs and is harvested…

Saving Tomato Seeds at Home! 🍅🌱 Tomatoes are some of my favourite plants to grow in the vegetable garden…

Don’t Pull Up Your Plants! 🌱👆❌ When clearing the garden beds it can be tempting to just pull up the plants…

Saving Swiss Chard Seed! 🌱 If you let a few of your Swiss chard plants flower, you’ll never have to buy…

August Veg Garden Harvest 👨🏼‍🌾🌱 It’s been a very warm and dry growing season this year, but we’ve…

Make a One Pot Pollinator Pit Stop with @bandq_uk 🌿🐝 AD: We often talk a lot about planting for…

Swiss Chard Stem Pickles 🌱🫙 Chard stem pickles are such a nice and easy way to use up those large crunchy…

Leave a Leek in the Ground! 🌱👀 One of the best things you can do for your garden is to leave a leek in the…

Grow Cosmos - A Flower for Print making and Pollinators 🌸🌱🐝 Flowers have so many benefits for the…

Time to Make Elderberry Syrup! 👀🫙🫐🌿 The elder tree produces both elder flowers, often used to create…

Grow Courgettes (Zucchini) Vertically ⬆️🌱 Left to their own devices courgette plants will take up a lot of…

Time to ‘Top’ Tomato Plants 🍅🌱✂️ Tomatoes are one of my favourite summer crops to grow, and I love walking…

Seeds to Sow in August 🌱 Don’t Miss the Second Spring! 🌼😊 If you haven’t already, now is a great time to…