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…
In 2020, we grew a couple of sowings of courgettes and a couple of different varieties, so we wanted to take this opportunity to look back on how they did as they are one of our favourite vegetables to grow (and eat!) As a reminder, we grew the following varieties: Midnight (a variety designed especially... Continue Reading →
We sowed some carrots back at the end of April in a container, along with a couple of other salad crops. Needless to say, the radishes were finished ages ago and the turnips came to an untimely demise unfortunately. However, we've kept up watering our carrots and they did not disappoint! This bunch was one... Continue Reading →
We were so pleased with the Cascadia sugar snap peas that we're going to try another sowing, seeing as we have plenty of spare seeds. These were sown on Sunday 25 July. We filled cell trays with Seed and Modular compost and then dampened it slightly to help the pea seeds swell and germinate. We then... Continue Reading →
We now have two sowings of container courgettes planted out. The earlier sowing are doing tremendously well now they have got going, producing one courgette per plant every 2 days on average (depending on the weather of course). Here's one of our recent harvests! The plants are doing well in their containers, and we are... Continue Reading →
After a few weeks in their final destinations, our outdoor cucumbers needed a bit of tending to at the weekend. This is one of the Marketmore cucumbers which has almost reached the top of its cane and onto its wire mesh. We tied it in a couple of place along its stem to support it... Continue Reading →
It wasn't long before the courgettes were ready to be pricked out. The Midnight were ready first, so they got pricked out. The original Sunstripe we sowed rotted off unfortunately, so we sowed a couple more and one of those came, so that's been pricked out now, albeit a few days later. This is the two Midnight before we... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year where everything is growing really fast. Despite commenting in our previous blog posts about how slowwww peppers are to grow (which I still stand by overall!), they have really got a wiggle on the past couple of weeks and were ready to pot on. Although it's often tempting, you should try... Continue Reading →
Given the current circumstances, lots of people seem to be trying their hand at "grow your own", and why not - it's great fun (in our view!) And this post is dedicated to showing that you don't have to have a big garden to be able to grow vegetables. In fact, you don't really need... Continue Reading →
We're getting ready to re-plant the herb garden for 2020. And this post focuses on the mint. Although mint is a perennial plant, we find that it grows with more vigour if you take cuttings each year and re-grow it. We have three types of mint: ordinary garden mint, apple mint and black peppermint. First,... Continue Reading →
Some herbs are perennials (grow again year after year), but lots of the ones that we grow are annuals (you need to re-grow them every year). These are some of the herbs we have sown for this year: garlic chives, italian parsley, chives and tarragon. We also have sage and thyme which have overwintered and... Continue Reading →
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