Sow salad for autumn harvests
Sow salads now for autumn harvests With our mild microclimate autumn is a great time to sow salad leaves including rocket and spinach which will be less likely to bolt at this time of year. You can sow in [...]
Time to order your potatoes and onions
The Trading Centre will have a selection of seed potatoes and onions, that can be ordered from the beginning of August for delivery in early February 2023. All orders must be received by the end of October. To order [...]
Growing Together – Summer Term
Growing Together at Hayling Island's Schools This term, the gardening club that meets every Wednesday after school has been very busy. We have more participants than ever before. The children have filled their allotment with vegetables, all grown from [...]
Working together with local schools
With aim of encouraging an interest and knowledge of gardening in our local schools, our Growing Together co-ordinators have been working hard to set up Gardening clubs and work alongside volunteers to create areas in the schools where this can [...]
Peter Maunder Garden Competition
The Peter Maunder Garden Competition Peter Maunder, who died on the 15th October 2001 aged 75, was an inspirational Chairman, of great distinction for 15 years, of The Hampshire Federation of Horticultural Societies and subsequently, and until the very end, [...]
Cottage Garden Plants with Rosy Hardy
Rosy Hardy talks to the Dig-It Podcast about cottage garden perennials - Link to the podcast We hope to get Rosy back to talk to the Society in the near future following the cancellation of her booked talk due to COVID. [...]
Box Moth Caterpillar
Box tree caterpillar is prolific along the south coast, decimating metres and metres of box hedging and established shrubs. There have been numerous cases on Hayling Island. Below is a guide to the moth and caterpillar, what you can do [...]
Stink Bugs in the UK
The brown marmorated stink bug can now be found in the UK and is threatening our fruit and vegetable crops. The stink bugs are fast-breeding insects that come in various shades of brown and grow up to 1.7 centimetres. They [...]
Sowing Annual Herbs and Vegetables – April
Now is an ideal time to sow your favourite annual herb for a summer supply of flavourings and garnishes. Sow seed of parsley, basil and chives in seed trays or individual modules for easy transplanting. Place on a sunny windowsill [...]