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 few weeks in their final destinations, our outdoor cucumbers needed a bit of tending to at the weekend. This is one of the Marketmore cucumbers which has almost reached the top of its cane and onto its wire mesh. We tied it in a couple of place along its stem to support it... Continue Reading →
The carrots we sowed in containers on 26 April are growing on well. None of the crops we have sown directly in containers are causing us too much trouble, they just need some water each day. It'll be a little while before these are ready yet, but they're a couple of inches tall now. As... Continue Reading →
We've mentioned before that successive sowings of crops is a great way to spread out the length of time you are able to enjoy a particular vegetable. It also hopefully prevents you having massive gluts of each vegetable where you find that you've got enough to be eating it three times a day, and then... Continue Reading →
As mentioned by Emily in an earlier blog post, I have also been having a go at growing tomatoes this year - although only one variety... Mimi are small 'cherry' like tomato, except they are yellow! It'll be interesting to see how mine differ from Emily's, but I'm largely following her advice, so I know... Continue Reading →
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 →
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