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 →
Seeing as our weather has been more like it is on the continent for the past few weeks, we took the opportunity to do a little alfresco dining and enjoyed some homegrown tapas out in the garden. Our Boiro padron peppers had grown some pretty large fruits and the below demonstrates the phrase "from plot... Continue Reading →
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 →
We sowed a few varieties of peppers earlier in the year and we thought we'd share an update on where we're at with a couple of those. A further update on other varieties to come! These are the Vampire peppers, a variety we haven't tried before, but known for its purple foliage and stems. Well... Continue Reading →
After a few weeks in their cell trays, the Vampire peppers were ready to be potted up. These went into multipurpose compost in 3" square pots. We filled each pot, gently compressing the compost as we filled it so there weren't any air gaps for when the pepper plant was potted on. Next up, we... 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, some of our peppers needed pricking out. For those of you totally new to growing, "pricking out" is the term used for transplanting recently germinated seedlings into their first pot or cell tray. After this, it is typically referred to as "potting on" or "planting out" depending on whether you're upgrading the plant's... Continue Reading →
Although overall we were really pleased with how our little garden grew for us last year, but this post is focused on some of our learnings from the 2021 growing season. We'll come on to celebrate some of our favourite bits in a future post. Our first one relates to peppers. Although we've just about... Continue Reading →
It's always exciting to start sowing seeds for the new year, and as we've said before, peppers take a fair while to grow, so they're our first! This year we had planned to focus on sweet peppers rather than chillies - although we like the odd chilli in a chill con carne or curry or... Continue Reading →
We really like tapas, and are always finding an excuse to have it. But what better excuse than your own homegrown padrons! We tried growing padrons last year, but it was a bit hit and miss whether you got a hot one or a mild one which made the whole experience a bit more like... Continue Reading →
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