The people behind SpringSeasons
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Roland Pike Lead writer
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. he keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- Hand-pollinating cucumbers: an honest three-month record
- How much weight a balcony holds: what you only learn by doing
- Insulating a balcony for winter: what you only learn by doing
- Kitchen waste composting: standard, rhythm, floor
- Mixing your own potting soil: why it keeps failing
- Watering methods compared: when to change approach
- When grafting makes sense: key points and exceptions
- The right grit-to-soil ratio: key points and exceptions
Harriet Lowell Contributing editor
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. she focuses on choosing and timing.
- What strawberries need in a pot: the few lines you need
- When and how much to water: standard, rhythm, floor
- Using seed trays: standard, rhythm, floor
- Keeping plants alive while away: out of the misconceptions
- Placing base fertiliser: a cheaper route
- The risk of open-air growing: the few lines you need
- Recognising dormancy: breaking the problem apart
- Reading when to water: standard, rhythm, floor
Maeve Donnelly Staff writer
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. she writes only what has been tested at home.
- Getting coriander to germinate: out of the misconceptions
- The rhythm of feeding: standard, rhythm, floor
- Rotation and resting soil: when to change approach
- What grows on a north-facing balcony: what you only learn by doing
- Sowing density for lettuce: when to change approach
- Treating pests and rot: standard, rhythm, floor
- Are grow lights worth it: key points and exceptions
- Reviving a mail-order plant: why it keeps failing
Sonia Marchetti Regular contributor
Landscape design background in small spaces. she flags light and weight limits inside ventilation in the rainy season.
- Peppers in containers: key points and exceptions
- How deep to sow radishes: when to change approach
- Physical pest control: why it keeps failing
- Judging when to harvest: it isn't actually complicated
- Choosing containers for food crops: key points and exceptions
- Managing the settling-in period: out of the misconceptions
- Getting a cactus to flower: an honest three-month record
- Keeping a succulent record: the few lines you need