Proof that vegetable growing can be done by anybody. From a couple of under 30s – one who grew up growing and one who has just got going…
We are both quite into our food. Any excuse and we spend hours rustling up something for dinner. One of our favourite easy starters/meals is antipasti. And then last year, we discovered Padrons! They are best fried in a little oil until they blister and then sprinkled with some sea salt - delicious!! So this... Continue Reading →
We decided to grow some salad vegetables in large pots again this year. So the weekend before last, we got started! We put a few inches of soil in the bottom of each pot to act as anchorage if the wind gets up, and then filled each pot almost to the top with multipurpose compost.... Continue Reading →
You may remember that we sowed some early potatoes back at the end of January. We are hoping to harvest these mid-late May, but in order to do so they have had to be grown on for most of their lives indoors to protect them from the cold weather and frosts. However, we also wanted... Continue Reading →
Once we start to get a few warmer days, it doesn't take things in the garden long to really get going! Here's a quick update on where some of the seeds we sowed a couple of weeks ago have got to over the last week or so... The herbs we sowed were ready to be... Continue Reading →
On Monday, we were all helping to plant the annual crop of potatoes in the Plumb Garden. Although the Plumbs grow a lot of potatoes (as seasoned growers and exhibitors), the same methodology can be applied whether you're planting 1 or 100! Instead of planting the potato tubers directly into the soil, the Plumbs plant... Continue Reading →
The National Vegetable Society (NVS) Southern Branch held their 2018 AGM today. This was supposed to be hosted by the Sussex DA in Ashurst a couple of weeks ago, but had to be cancelled at the last minute due to snow. Therefore, it was re-arranged for today and the venue changed to RHS Wisley Gardens.... Continue Reading →
On what was a miserable looking Sunday afternoon, it was perhaps best to be indoors rather than out! Emily and her family are members of the National Vegetable Society (NVS), and their knowledge of and passion for growing means they all play a key part in making the society what it is. I've also been... Continue Reading →
Despite only being sown last Monday (2 April), the Midnight courgettes were the first to germinate and so were ready to prick out today. It's important to get the right balance when pricking out seedlings - not too soon so you end up inadvertently damaging the tiny seedlings during transplanting but not leaving them too long so... Continue Reading →
As you can see from the photo, the Boston beetroot seeds we sowed last weekend have already germinated. Therefore, the newspaper and sheet of glass can now be removed to enable them to grow upright and benefit from the light. As we mentioned in the last article, beetroot seeds are often pocketed with more than... Continue Reading →
With the many joys that come with a four day weekend, we found some time to spend out in the garden - when we weren't eating copious amounts of chocolate, of course! It was a shame the rain had to be so persistent - but keeping you dry is one of the many things greenhouses... Continue Reading →
