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…
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 →
The tomatoes that are growing outside are growing well up against the wall and we are continuing to tie them up their bamboo cane supports as they get taller. Once 5 or 6 trusses have formed, we usually pinch the growing point out. That way, we find that the tomatoes generally have enough time to... Continue Reading →
We thoughts we'd do a quick update on the various varieties we are trying as part of the National Vegetable Society DT Brown seed trial. The Prizewinner runner beans germinated and were ready to be planted out in a couple of weeks. We have commandeered an old container from Mum and Dad's to grow them... 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 →
In mid June, our garlic stopped looking so healthy, and looked as though it was starting to die back. Therefore, we thought it would be best to harvest it and try and dry it out so its stores. Luckily we did, because some of the bulbs seem to have got some kind of fungus on... 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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