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…
The tomatoes are in full swing now and we're picking them almost every day. First up, we have our Yellow Mimi. This is one of the plants that unfortunately got caught by the frost back in the spring. Therefore, although it's not as early and vigorous as it would otherwise have been, it still has... Continue Reading →
The spinach didn't take very long to grow at all. We think we probably sowed it a bit late in the season, or maybe it was the exceptionally hot weather that we've been having recently. However, both varieties started going to seed before we had a chance to start eating it. That being said, it... Continue Reading →
Our salad crops have done quite well this year. The radishes are pretty much finished now and are starting to go to seed. This tends to happen once it gets too warm, so you have to eat them quickly when they're ready! The salad leaves are growing well and we've started eating these. We're hopeful... Continue Reading →
One of the most exciting parts of the growing year (for me anyway!) is when the fruits of all your labours start to form. Don't get me wrong, the harvest part is even better, but I'll settle for this for now! Here, we have a selection of our tomatoes that are starting to set fruits:... Continue Reading →
As we've mentioned before, we are members of the National Vegetable Society ("NVS"). As part of our membership this year, we have volunteered to trial some seeds for one of the Society's sponsors, DT Brown. We thought we'd use our blog to keep you updated on how we're getting on with the varieties we're trying.... Continue Reading →
Last weekend it was also time to relocate our tomatoes to their final positions. The greenhouse was getting very overcrowded, so it was time for some of the tomatoes to move outside now that the chance of frost has (hopefully!) passed. We placed these up against the wall we have in our garden, which is... Continue Reading →
Back in February, we sowed our first sowing of container carrots, Red Ideal. We're not sure why, but the germination wasn't great. Maybe it was because it was too cold at that time of year, or perhaps because of the seed as it was a packet we started last year. So here we have it... Continue Reading →
We had sown a couple of tomatoes, Yellow Mimi, earlier than our other tomatoes in the hope of some early cropping tomatoes. Having patiently waited until the plants had flowers starting to form in their centres, they were ready to be potted on to their final pots. We wait until the tomatoes are starting to... 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 →
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