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 also wanted to try growing sweetcorn this year. Firstly, we wanted to grow the coloured sweetcorn, but turned out this is only ornamental, and we're all about things we can eat, so traditional yellow sweetcorn it was! We decided on a variety called Earliking, which was supposed to be a really sweet variety. So we thought... Continue Reading →
The weekend before last, our Romanesco and purple cauliflowers were ready to be planted out. We had five plants in total, as unfortunately we'd lost one of the purple cauliflowers between pricking out and planting out. It's stem had rotted off for some reason, so we'd had to throw that one away. We dug... Continue Reading →
We've grown strawberries for the last couple of years, but we felt like they needed a bit of a refresh this year for a couple of reasons: The plants we had been growing were becoming less prolific and the runners we'd taken weren't looking too great The plants we had been growing were given to... Continue Reading →
We sowed our Fantasia and Intense rainbow chard on 24 March. One is orange, and one is red, so we're hoping to grow a nice colourful crop with these! We sowed one seed per cell in Seed and Modular compost, pushing each seed gently into the compost. We then covered these with vermiculite, a sheet of glass and some... Continue Reading →
The Machu Picchu peppers had already gotten too big for their initial pots, so a week or so ago we moved them on! Carefully holding only the leaf, we gently lifted them out of their trays - keeping all of the roots in tact. Using a dibber we made enough of a hole in the... Continue Reading →
As we've mentioned before, we are members of the National Vegetable Society ("NVS"). Being a member of the NVS has lots of benefits, including: Quarterly magazine which includes lots of growing hints and tips An online forum where members can pose questions and share their growing experiences Access to local District Association meetings where you... Continue Reading →
We are both quite into our food. Any excuse and we spend hours rustling up something for dinner. One of our favourite easy starters/meals is antipasti. And then last year, we discovered Padrons! They are best fried in a little oil until they blister and then sprinkled with some sea salt - delicious!! So this... Continue Reading →
We decided to grow some salad vegetables in large pots again this year. So the weekend before last, we got started! We put a few inches of soil in the bottom of each pot to act as anchorage if the wind gets up, and then filled each pot almost to the top with multipurpose compost.... Continue Reading →
You may remember that we sowed some early potatoes back at the end of January. We are hoping to harvest these mid-late May, but in order to do so they have had to be grown on for most of their lives indoors to protect them from the cold weather and frosts. However, we also wanted... Continue Reading →
We haven't had a chance to write a post for a couple of weeks, but there's been lots going in! Potatoes These were planted in late January, but have been kept indoors as we are still getting a few sharp frosts here in Essex. Firstly, they were growing in the lean to greenhouse with a... Continue Reading →
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