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 have grown carrots in containers for a number of years, and always really enjoy eating them. However, we only ever seem to get round to sowing one lot which means the length of time which we have homegrown carrots is relatively short (or we have to be careful how many we eat at a... Continue Reading →
We're going to assume that we were right about the first packet of Little Gem seeds no longer being viable, as we sowed these ones in exactly the same way and the germination rate (as you can see!) is much, much better! Therefore last weekend, we pricked the seedlings out into the below cell tray... 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 →
The three Marathon broccoli seeds that we sowed a couple of weeks ago all germinated, so that's good news for the germination of this packet of seed! We don't just let the trial seedlings go to waste, so we have now pricked these out into 3" pots. We will grow them on in these until... Continue Reading →
The Yellow Mimi tomatoes are growing pretty rapidly. This first photo was taken on Saturday 29 January. This was just before we potted them up into 3" square pots in multipurpose compost. And here's how one of them is looking a week later on 5 February. At the moment, we are growing these on in... Continue Reading →
Last weekend, our Tasty King cucumbers needed pricking out. Firstly we prepared the pots. These are 3" square pots which we half filled with multipurpose compost. An addition we made to the compost was perlite. This can be added to compost to improve drainage as perlite is very porous and can soak up excess water.... Continue Reading →
Last weekend, we also did some other sowings. These were mainly for trial purposes to see whether the seeds we'd been sowing last year were still viable. Although we're hoping that they're still germinating because it means we can use the seed for another year, we're also secretly hoping that the trial seeds germinate so... Continue Reading →
It didn't take long for our Yellow Mimi tomatoes to germinate, which is great news! Therefore, we pricked them out into a good quality, fine compost and they will grow on in these cells for a few weeks. They are currently being looked after in Dad's greenhouse as that's heated and the seedlings need some... 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 →
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