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 maincrop potatoes were ready to harvest a week or two ago. The haulms had stopped growing, and were starting to lay over and die off. Although maincrop potatoes in the ground wouldn't usually be ready just yet, we think we had hindered ours slightly by growing them in the pots. Although handy for handling... Continue Reading →
We asked a gardener friend of ours that has experience of growing Romanesco cauliflowers to recommend a variety for us to try when we decided we wanted to give them a go this season. At the time, we were advised that Romanesco cauliflowers are an "autum" cauliflower, i.e. they grow best when maturing during the... Continue Reading →
After planting the chard out on 11 May, it has got going really quickly. This is some photos of our second cutting of chard, one a fortnight ago, and one yesterday. The colours are fantastic - and it tastes good too! We've also found out that growing chard is very simple to grow. Now it's... Continue Reading →
Our second harvest of 2019 was our Red Duke of York potatoes that we planted on 26 January. The plants haven't done too badly, but with some of the weather we've had, they've taken a bit of a battering. However, we noticed last week that the compost was starting to push up out of the pot,... Continue Reading →
It really doesn't seem that long ago since we sowed our carrots, but we've already been able to harvest some of them within 3 months. They require regular (daily) watering to prevent them from splitting. To put it simply, if carrots are not watered a similar amount and at a similar frequency then they become... Continue Reading →
After a slow start and us questioning whether any would ever appear, we ended up with far too many cucamelons! Having never grown them before, we weren't sure what to do with them - but our Instagram followers came to our rescue! Apparently pickled cucamelon is very popular both here and in the US! And... Continue Reading →
We revealed our top tip for courgette-success in one of our previous posts, which is staking the plants and regularly tying the stalk to it. This results in the courgette plant taking up less space and also being much easier to harvest! As you can see (albeit I appreciate I'm only 5' 2") the courgette... Continue Reading →
We don't know about everyone else, but vegetables seem to come like buses. At times you don't have very many, and then they all seem to come at once! This is exactly what's happening with our herbs at the moment. They have all really got going, but we can't eat them fast enough! And unfortunately,... Continue Reading →
Our cucumber, courgette and cucamelon plants are doing brilliantly. Following a slow start, the cucumber plant is coming on strides now and is much stronger. For a start, it could only support one cucumber at a time, but now it's growing three or four with ease! These are the last two cucumbers that we harvested... Continue Reading →
It was time to harvest the red onions we had been growing in a pot last week. Although they hadn't grown particularly big, their leaves had fallen to one side and they were no longer putting up new centre leaf growth so they were as big as they were going to get! Therefore, we gently... Continue Reading →
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