Comfrey at Garden Organic and plastic pollution

This week I focus on one of my favourite garden plants, comfrey and look at the growing problem of microplastic contamination of soils.

I keep on seeing photos of edible bouquets on Instagram, so to kick of this week’s newsletter, here is my effort  - its mostly chard, with some sea beet, Caucasian spinach, flower sprouts and leaves from various brassicas, parsley, together with walking onion and garlic chives - it was plenty for supper last night.

What are you harvesting at the moment?

Garden Organic

Last week, I was invited to speak at Garden Organic’s staff day. As well as giving a talk on how climate change is affecting our gardens, I had a chance to wander around the garden.

It’s been more than 20 years since I last visited GO HQ in Ryton, just south of Coventry, and its changed a lot. GO sold a large chunk of its original garden to Coventry University to raise vital funds and secure its future. The new garden is one acre in extent and there was plenty to see, including the ornamental garden, vegetable beds, composting area, wildlife pond and the comfrey collection. Not surprisingly, I went straight the comfrey and…