Category: Blog
5 ways to improve your soil
Soil health is an important factor in how your garden performs or copes with adverse weather conditions. It affects the...
Guest Post: Pignut’s Garden Recipe
Photograph by Mollie Rose Photography Tom and Laurissa opened Restaurant Pignut in Helmsley in 2023. After working at the now-closed...
Guest Post: Practicing mindfulness
With foreword by Helmsley Walled Garden: Our resident artist Clare, can be spotted most days, situated amongst the plant life....
Garden Recipe: A gratin of Swiss chard for Christmas
Rainbow chard seems to be the only vegetable in my patch at home, that has managed to withstand torrid heat,...
Guest Post: Creating a wildlife pond
With foreword by June: Thank you to Rachel, from Bradshaws Direct, who has written this month’s guest blogpost. Helmsley Walled...
Five ways to look after your winter well-being
The evenings are drawing in and its nearly time to embrace the winter. But for some, that can be easier...
Gardening Tasks to Do Before Winter Sets In
Autumn is the perfect time to get out into the garden for several reasons. When the rain is not endlessly,...
Guest Post: Raising funds for the community, by turning surplus apples into juice
Kirkby Fruit Project, a volunteer-led project to stop locally grown fruit from going to waste, has been turning unwanted apples...
Garden Recipe: Plum cake
Like many fruit, a plum out of season is hardly worth it. And so each year I eagerly anticipate their...
Garden Recipe: Comfrey liquid feed
Comfrey fertiliser is a game-changer when it comes to nourishing your plants and vegetables. This organic wonder is packed with...
Guest Post: Mires Beck Nursery, their story
With foreword by Helmsley Walled Garden Helmsley Walled Garden has been buying plants from Mires Beck Nursery for over five...
Five simple ways to promote biodiversity in your garden
It doesn’t take much to see the impact of climate change. The last two years are a prime example. This...
