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…
Chris was bought a "Psychdelic salad" growing kit for his birthday which contained: red spring onions, yellow spherical cucumbers, multicoloured radishes and beetroot and red lettuce. A couple of weeks ago, we set about sowing each of them. The radishes and spring onions were sown directly into 10 litre pots in multipurpose compost which were... 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 →
It's really hard at this time of year not to wish away your life in return for the early arrival of summer and the possibility of harvesting the vegetables you have grown. But whilst we have to wait patiently for the weather to warm up (extremely patiently based on the snow that has been forecast... Continue Reading →
Now the weather is warm and the days are long, everything grows surprisingly quickly. Here are a few photos of how our various crops are getting on. The second sowing of radishes are starting to swell, so it won't be long before we're eating these! The beetroot are also getting almost big enough to eat -... Continue Reading →
The courgettes are growing well in their pots and are starting to produce lots of courgettes. Once ready, carefully cut the courgettes with a knife, ensuring the main stem of the plant is not damaged. The cucamelons are growing away well - we think they'll be ready to plant out next week! However, as they've... Continue Reading →
And so it's begun - we are harvesting things that we've sown! The weather was nice today, so we thought we'd have a barbecue. This meant we could thin out some of the little gem lettuces we were growing in the pot and also harvest some of our radishes. They were both delicious!
We thought it would be a good opportunity to update you on our various container growing adventures. The onions, beetroot and carrots are all coming along nicely. It'll be a little bit of time before they're ready to harvest, but they're all moving along as expected. The lettuces are also growing well. We think we... Continue Reading →
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