Amateur Gardening

To chit or not to chit, that is the question

hey always say plant your spuds at Easter. Some imagine this has some connection with lunar or astrological gardening as Easter falls just after a full moon. However it seems more probably just because by this time the soil has warmed up sufficiently for success, and even more importantly, over the bank holiday we actually have

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