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 sowed a few varieties of peppers earlier in the year and we thought we'd share an update on where we're at with a couple of those. A further update on other varieties to come! These are the Vampire peppers, a variety we haven't tried before, but known for its purple foliage and stems. Well... Continue Reading →
We're doing a bit of a trial with the Little Gem lettuces that we sowed a couple of weeks back. Some of the plants we planted out into pots and Dad is going to grow these on in his cold greenhouse. We have also planted some out into a pot and we're going to grow... Continue Reading →
For the last couple of years, we've done an extra early sowing of courgettes that we've grown under cover until it's warm enough to place them outside. This year is no exception, so our Midnight courgettes were sown on 6 March. As usual with cucurbits like courgettes, we sowed the seeds on their edge to... Continue Reading →
After a few weeks in their cell trays, the Vampire peppers were ready to be potted up. These went into multipurpose compost in 3" square pots. We filled each pot, gently compressing the compost as we filled it so there weren't any air gaps for when the pepper plant was potted on. Next up, we... Continue Reading →
It didn't take our initial sowing of tomatoes long to germinate - under a week in fact! Here, we're pricking some of the Pink Honeymoon out into cell trays. Unfortunately these had got slightly leggy waiting for us to get to Mum and Dad's to prick them out at the weekend, but fear not, we... Continue Reading →
After our initial bumpy ride with the Little Gem lettuce, they're now romping away in their cell tray. As lettuces are relatively hardy, these have now been moved into our greenhouse which is unheated, and they're growing away nicely. Fingers crossed that in a couple of weeks they will be ready to plant out into... Continue Reading →
After growing over ten varieties of tomatoes last year, we are trying to keep numbers down this year. We'll probably still grow the same overall number of plants, but grow more than one of the varieties we really like rather than one of lots of different varieties. That being said, on a first sweep of... Continue Reading →
We have grown carrots in containers for a number of years, and always really enjoy eating them. However, we only ever seem to get round to sowing one lot which means the length of time which we have homegrown carrots is relatively short (or we have to be careful how many we eat at a... Continue Reading →
We're going to assume that we were right about the first packet of Little Gem seeds no longer being viable, as we sowed these ones in exactly the same way and the germination rate (as you can see!) is much, much better! Therefore last weekend, we pricked the seedlings out into the below cell tray... Continue Reading →
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been sowing a number of different seeds. Therefore, we thought we'd provide an update on where they're all at now. First up, we have the Tasty King cucumbers. They're growing on quite well in their 3" pots and are starting to form their first true leaves. As we... Continue Reading →
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