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Latest blog stories connected with learning at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Our big news this week is that the Edible Gardening Project has received more funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery. They held their annual charity gala event at…
Carpentry is not as easy as it looks. Especially for 5 untrained horticulture students with little previous construction experience. It is a lot of fun, though. Especially when…
It looks like my beans were attacked by mice. The Edible Garden Project team noticed that thriving community of mice is living near the polytunnel. Together with my…
I had a look at my broad beans today (24th Jan) and noticed to my astonishment that some unwelcome guests made a feast of them! The intruders must…
On Friday (20th Jan) I sowed some extra broad beans into pots. I sowed them into individual 8cm pots using a mix of John Innes Seed compost, coir…
We were extremely excited to show top chef Neil Forbes around our edible garden last week. What a lovely chap he is too! Like us, Neil is very…
It is a chilly old day and as you can see from the pictures there is frost all about (even at 12 noon!). The temperature dropped to -5oc…
What beautiful a day to get back in the garden! The sun is shining and I’d go so far as to say it is warm outside, a different…
My tiny plot has been looking sad through the winter. Covered mostly with black polythene to keep the soil warm. The only exception were the vegetable beds with…
Hello and welcome to Kasia’s blog. It is a blog about my first own gardening project – a small plot of land on grounds of the Royal Botanic…
Our polytunnel has been in place for five months now and we are very pleased with the progress of the crops inside. I popped down to the polytunnel…
Our drop in session this weekend focused on growing micro leaves and sprouting seeds. As you can see from the photo below, we got a bit distracted and…
Welcome to the Edible Gardening Project blog. As well as finding lots of great information and advice to help you start your very own edible garden, you’ll be…