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 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 have so many varieties of tomatoes this year. We showed you how our four varieties of beefsteak tomatoes were doing in a previous post, but this is how the varieties outside are getting on. We have 12 plants in total, 11 different varieties (we have two Nimbus plants as they're Chris' favourite!) As a... Continue Reading →
There's been quite a bit going on with our courgettes over the past week or so. Firstly, we're harvesting lots of courgettes now. It won't be long before we'll be struggling to keep up with them! But I'm not complaining - courgettes are by far my favourite seasonal veg to grow and eat!! We also... Continue Reading →
We now have a little raised bed, courtesy of Dad's handy work with some spare pieces of timber. Our first job was to dig over the ground that it was going to sit on and level the bed the best we could. We skimmed the turf off first and then dug over the soil that... Continue Reading →
As we have in prior years, we are going to try growing our courgettes vertically again this year. We'd originally placed the courgettes along the back fence behind the greenhouse, but it was starting to get a bit of a squeeze to water and tend to the plants so we had to relocate them. The... Continue Reading →
Our onions are starting to bulb up now. Fingers crossed they carry on bulbing up to a good size before they stop growing. However, it probably won't be that long before they stop throwing up new leaves at which point they won't swell any more. On that basis, we are giving them a little bit... Continue Reading →
Basil and Dill don't take as long to grow as the other herbs, therefore they didn't need sowing as early on. However, we sowed some last weekend. We filled a couple of 10 litre pots with multipurpose compost, then sprinkled a thin layer of Seed and Potting compost on top as it's finer and basil... Continue Reading →
The Mimi tomatoes are the early ones that we potted up a few weeks ago and will grow on in the greenhouse. This is with the aim of getting an early crop of tomatoes. The Mimi variety is a lovely one that we've tried before. They should produce a plethora of yellow cherry tomatoes in... Continue Reading →
We're also giving strawberries a go. We have a container that we were gifted which is a set of three tier pots. We think these would be great to have strawberries trailing out of. As with most things, we filled the bottom of the pots with soil and then topped them up with multipurpose compost.... Continue Reading →
Last weekend, it was time to pot up some of our tomatoes. Dad has been looking after these for us from when they were sown as seeds until now, as they needed to be started off before our greenhouse was up and running. Tomatoes grow quite successfully in pots we've found in the past, so... Continue Reading →
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