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…
After a steady start, although still not the most vigorous plants, the strawberries are starting to produce fruit. Unfortunately a couple had already got pecks in from birds, so it was time to cover the plants with a net before we lost them all to our feathered friends! We made a simple frame up around... Continue Reading →
The 4 plants we started off in the polytunnel and moved outside last weekend are loving life so far! It's amazing how much they've grown in just 7 days. They've grown so much in fact, that we've had to tie them up this week. We tie the plants up to the stake every 4-6" to... Continue Reading →
Cucumbers can be quite demanding vegetables to grow, well compared to others we grow anyway. They don't like too much direct sunlight, too much water around their stem or too much wind when they're young plants, but once they've got going, outdoor cucumbers seem to be virtually invincible! So we'd recommend sticking with it, as... Continue Reading →
We sowed our main sowing of courgettes for containers on 26 April. These were planted outside in their containers on 24 May, so they don't take long really! As a reminder, we have a Midnight and a Sunstripe in this sowing. As with our other planting out in containers, we make a hold just larger than the pot the... Continue Reading →
The mint cuttings we took a few weeks ago have now rooted (we've had less success on that front with the apple mint, but we'll come on to that) and are starting to grow on. This photo is one of the peppermint cuttings, which is rooted and we pinched the top out of a week... Continue Reading →
Our pepper plants were now large enough to be planted out into their final containers. The plants stand at about 6-8" tall and are all starting to get flower buds (and one miniscule pepper has been spotted in the case of one!) which is a good sign. We have decided to grow these in the... Continue Reading →
So I've decided I might not be such a strawberry pro! Although the plants are growing, they haven't produced plants that are nearly as big as we would've hoped! I have been watering them regularly to try and encourage them to grow, but it seems they just want to take it slowly! Last year we... Continue Reading →
As a reminder, the two varieties we're growing in our main sowing of courgettes for containers are Midnight and Sunstripe. Both are designed to be grown in containers, but one is green and one is yellow! This is what the plants look like now. And weirdly enough, even though the Sunstripe that we originally sowed didn't germinate so we had... Continue Reading →
Chris has grown his own tomatoes this year (perhaps he'll write an update on those at some point), but I didn't start any off from seed as I already had too many other things on the go. Dad has grown lots of different varieties though, so I've been helping him look after his, and last... Continue Reading →
Our early sowing of courgettes that we are growing in containers have been growing on along the pathway of the polytunnel to try and get them to crop a bit earlier. After a couple of weeks of slow growth (which always seems to be the same with courgettes!) they've started growing more steadily over the... Continue Reading →
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