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 cucumbers growing in the greenhouse are growing away well and we have started picking the Tasty King, Nimrod and Mini Munch The plants really are prolific. You can see from the photo below just how many fruits there are on each plant, and they are quite close together which means you can pack more... Continue Reading →
One of my favourite things about the summer is homegrown cucumbers and courgettes. And it's this time of year when they both start to be harvested! First up we have our cucumber plants. As you can see from the photos, there are lots of cucumbers forming and the plants are getting stronger each day. Each... Continue Reading →
We wanted to give you an update on some of the other things we've got growing in the garden at the moment which haven't managed to feature in a post of their own. We planted out a couple of cucumber plants the other weekend, Salt n Pepper, Nimrod and Mini Munch. These have now been... Continue Reading →
We have a number of varieties of courgettes that we're going to give a go this year, some regular oblong ones and some round ones. We've got quite a few new varieties to us this year, so we'll try and remember to do a review of these once they start producing fruits and then later... Continue Reading →
As with the courgettes, we'll share progress on our early sowing of Tasty King cucumbers first. These have been growing on happily in their 3" pots with more compost gradually being added as the plant grew. However, over the bank holiday weekend, we planted these out in the greenhouse. We planted them out in bottomless... 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 →
Last weekend, our Tasty King cucumbers needed pricking out. Firstly we prepared the pots. These are 3" square pots which we half filled with multipurpose compost. An addition we made to the compost was perlite. This can be added to compost to improve drainage as perlite is very porous and can soak up excess water.... Continue Reading →
Last weekend, we also did some other sowings. These were mainly for trial purposes to see whether the seeds we'd been sowing last year were still viable. Although we're hoping that they're still germinating because it means we can use the seed for another year, we're also secretly hoping that the trial seeds germinate so... Continue Reading →
Although we've got through the shortest day back in December (and Blue Monday earlier in the week), this is still my least favourite time of the year. The nights might be drawing out, but not quick enough, and its cold, wet and more often than not frosty and or foggy. Therefore, what better time to... Continue Reading →
Our Toughball onions were ready to harvest last week. They didn't get quite as big as we would've liked, but never mind. They weren't going to grow any more now, as their tops had laid over. We've hung them in our arbour (tops and roots still attached) to dry out. Once they're dry we can... Continue Reading →
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