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…
It didn't take the sugar snap peas long to germinate. This is a photo a week after sowing, but they were starting to poke their heads through 3 or 4 days in. Again, we've had pretty good germination, with just the odd seed not germinating - it's always to be expected. As soon as the... Continue Reading →
After reporting that some of the peppers had started to ripen the other week, they've really got a wiggle on and we've got lots and lots of peppers ripening now. There are a whole array of colours on the Basket of Fire now - yellow, orange, red and purple! We'll have to have a chilli... 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 →
If you remember, we have a few varieties of cucumbers that we are trying outside. Marketmore, Diva, and Tasty King. The Marketmore are the most advanced, and have now reached the top of their canes and are starting to make their own way up the wire netting. As we said before, we usually take the... Continue Reading →
Now our peppers are in their final pots, they need supporting to prevent them being blown over by the wind, and also to support the plant once laden with peppers - as they can get quite heavy! We put a cane in a couple of inches away from the base of each plant, and pushed... Continue Reading →
As we mentioned in our last blog post on the brassicas, we weeded them today. They weren't too bad in the end, but given another couple of weeks the weeds would've grown out of control and the cauliflowers would be too big to get in between so they would've had to stay like that, with... Continue Reading →
We have peppers and chillies! They may not have long set, but they are definitely starting to take shape. These are the Basket of Fire chillies which have got quite a few chillies forming now, and lots more flowers still to be pollinated! We feel like they already look very spicy!! Next up, we've got the Redskin which... Continue Reading →
We said radishes were fast growing, and we weren't lying! We had our first harvest of these less than 6 weeks from sowing. Our beetroot are nearly there too now and we could probably start eating these any day now. We just need to wait until the weather improves a bit so we fancy salad!... Continue Reading →
Compared to some of the vegetables we're growing, brassicas are much more of a long game. Although these were sown back on 22 March, they're still not ready to harvest. Fingers crossed they are worth the wait, they usually are! As you can see, they're much larger than they were when we planted them out,... Continue Reading →
The carrots we sowed in containers on 26 April are growing on well. None of the crops we have sown directly in containers are causing us too much trouble, they just need some water each day. It'll be a little while before these are ready yet, but they're a couple of inches tall now. As... Continue Reading →
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