๐ŸŒฑ Welcome to Damo’s Garden

Follow my gardening journey in Aberdeen, Northeast Scotland. From seed to harvest โ€” tips, updates, and a planting calendar for the Scottish climate.

5 Blog Posts
7 Veg Grown
7 Plantings
16 On Calendar

๐Ÿฅ” Chitting Tatties, Sweetcorn and a Supervisory Cat

๐ŸŒฑ Sweetcorn

Not the most thrilling afternoon in the garden, but sometimes it’s the quiet ones that feel the most productive. Overcast and about 12ยฐC in Aberdeen โ€” standard April stuff โ€” so I headed out to โ€ฆ

19 April 2026

Pumpkins, Polytunnels and the First Grass Cut ๐ŸŒฑ

๐ŸŒฑ Onions ๐ŸŒฑ Leeks ๐ŸŒฑ Lettuce

Right, what a day. The sun was out in Aberdeen โ€” 9ยฐC and partly cloudy, which by our standards is practically tropical โ€” so I made the most of it. First job was checking on the pumpkin seeds I planted โ€ฆ

6 April 2026

๐ŸŒฑ First Seeds In โ€” Eddie Approved

๐ŸŒฑ Tomatoes ๐ŸŒฑ Peppers ๐ŸŒฑ Courgettes

Gorgeous day out there today โ€” 12ยฐC, clear sky, birds absolutely going for it in the trees. I couldn’t sit inside any longer so I headed out to the greenhouse to get the first seeds of the โ€ฆ

22 March 2026

๐ŸŒฑ First Day Out โ€” Spring Tidy-Up

First time in the greenhouse and polytunnel today and honestly, it was a bit of a state. Full of spiders, old plants from last season, and that general feeling of “where do I even start?” โ€ฆ

15 March 2026

๐ŸŒฑ Welcome to Damo's Garden!

Welcome to Damo’s Garden โ€” my little corner of the internet dedicated to growing vegetables in Aberdeen, Northeast Scotland. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Why Start a Garden Blog? I’ve been growing veg for a โ€ฆ