The people behind WildGreenhouse
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Priscilla Vane Lead writer
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. she writes only what has been tested at home.
- How much weight a balcony holds: when to change approach
- Insulating a balcony for winter: key points and exceptions
- Kitchen waste composting: out of the misconceptions
- Mixing your own potting soil: when to change approach
- Staking tomatoes properly: breaking the problem apart
- Securing plants before a storm: the few lines you need
- When to repot in spring: what you only learn by doing
- Ventilation in the rainy season: the few lines you need
Harriet Lowell Contributing editor
Landscape design background in small spaces. she flags light and weight limits inside pests at the change of season.
- When and how much to water: when to change approach
- Using seed trays: for a first attempt
- Keeping plants alive while away: key points and exceptions
- Placing base fertiliser: breaking the problem apart
- Peppers in containers: what you only learn by doing
- Pests at the change of season: what you only learn by doing
- The order of spring pruning: standard, rhythm, floor
- Recognising heat dormancy: key points and exceptions
Emory Blake Staff writer
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. he keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- The rhythm of feeding: for a first attempt
- Rotation and resting soil: for a first attempt
- What grows on a north-facing balcony: a cheaper route
- Sowing density for lettuce: out of the misconceptions
- Hand-pollinating cucumbers: what you only learn by doing
- Disease in wet weeks: the few lines you need
- A seasonal record sheet: key points and exceptions
- Shade levels for summer: standard, rhythm, floor
Thea Bergstrom Regular contributor
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. she focuses on choosing and timing.
- How deep to sow radishes: for a first attempt
- Physical pest control: out of the misconceptions
- Judging when to harvest: when to change approach
- Choosing containers for food crops: when to change approach
- Cutting spring onions again and again: it isn't actually complicated
- Moisture in dry spells: the few lines you need
- The year at a glance: breaking the problem apart
- Watering frequency in heat: it isn't actually complicated