The people behind LeafyGrowing Notes
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Harriet Lowell Lead writer
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. she keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- Rotation and resting soil: standard, rhythm, floor
- What grows on a north-facing balcony: an honest three-month record
- Sowing density for lettuce: when to change approach
- Hand-pollinating cucumbers: a cheaper route
- How much weight a balcony holds: when to change approach
- What a proper soak means: standard, rhythm, floor
- Using slow-release granules: it isn't actually complicated
- Stopping feed in winter: key points and exceptions
Amos Reilly Contributing editor
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. he writes only what has been tested at home.
- Judging when to harvest: a cheaper route
- Choosing containers for food crops: why it keeps failing
- Cutting spring onions again and again: for a first attempt
- What strawberries need in a pot: an honest three-month record
- When and how much to water: for a first attempt
- Emptying saucers: an honest three-month record
- Diluting liquid feed: why it keeps failing
- Signs of deficiency: for a first attempt
Eloise Fontaine Staff writer
Landscape design background in small spaces. she flags light and weight limits inside how often to repot.
- Kitchen waste composting: for a first attempt
- Mixing your own potting soil: for a first attempt
- Staking tomatoes properly: breaking the problem apart
- Getting coriander to germinate: when to change approach
- The rhythm of feeding: an honest three-month record
- Judging dry versus wet: why it keeps failing
- Should tap water stand: standard, rhythm, floor
- The smell of organic feed: out of the misconceptions
Alaric Penn Regular contributor
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. he focuses on choosing and timing.
- Using seed trays: why it keeps failing
- Keeping plants alive while away: when to change approach
- Placing base fertiliser: a cheaper route
- Peppers in containers: standard, rhythm, floor
- How deep to sow radishes: an honest three-month record
- The finger test in practice: standard, rhythm, floor
- Collecting rainwater: for a first attempt
- What to feed at flowering: standard, rhythm, floor