The people behind WildCuttings
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Maeve Donnelly Lead writer
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. she writes only what has been tested at home.
- What wood ash does: standard, rhythm, floor
- Judging dry versus wet: when to change approach
- Should tap water stand: why it keeps failing
- The smell of organic feed: standard, rhythm, floor
- Fixing fertiliser burn: standard, rhythm, floor
- Hardening off: standard, rhythm, floor
- How deep to cover seed: why it keeps failing
- The potting-on step: the few lines you need
Victor Ashby Contributing editor
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. he focuses on choosing and timing.
- Treating compacted soil: for a first attempt
- Choosing watering tools: a cheaper route
- The finger test in practice: why it keeps failing
- Collecting rainwater: standard, rhythm, floor
- What to feed at flowering: key points and exceptions
- A twelve-month sowing plan: what you only learn by doing
- Bottom watering technique: when to change approach
- Protecting roots at planting out: what you only learn by doing
Gideon Stark Staff writer
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. he keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- Using pine needle compost: the few lines you need
- Preparing for a week away: why it keeps failing
- What a proper soak means: what you only learn by doing
- Using slow-release granules: breaking the problem apart
- Stopping feed in winter: the few lines you need
- Germination temperatures: an honest three-month record
- Light after emergence: an honest three-month record
- Selecting cutting material: breaking the problem apart
Thea Bergstrom Regular contributor
Landscape design background in small spaces. she flags light and weight limits inside soil thermometer use.
- Worm castings: when to change approach
- A yearly feeding calendar: what you only learn by doing
- Emptying saucers: breaking the problem apart
- Diluting liquid feed: out of the misconceptions
- Signs of deficiency: the few lines you need
- Mixing seed compost: when to change approach
- When to thin seedlings: standard, rhythm, floor
- Do rooting powders help: breaking the problem apart