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 has grown his own tomatoes this year (perhaps he'll write an update on those at some point), but I didn't start any off from seed as I already had too many other things on the go. Dad has grown lots of different varieties though, so I've been helping him look after his, and last... Continue Reading →
Our early sowing of courgettes that we are growing in containers have been growing on along the pathway of the polytunnel to try and get them to crop a bit earlier. After a couple of weeks of slow growth (which always seems to be the same with courgettes!) they've started growing more steadily over the... Continue Reading →
We sowed some carrots in containers on 26 April and some turnips, radishes and rocket on 2 May. The carrots took the longest to germinate, as expected, but are all showing their heads now. With all the wind and sun we've been having recently, it's been important to keep the containers watered so that the... Continue Reading →
A quick update on our sweet peppers and chilli peppers since we potted them up a couple of weeks ago. They are growing on well in the cold greenhouse, and are starting to form flower buds on most of the plants. The Trinidad Perfume is still behind the other varieties, but seems to be growing quite... Continue Reading →
It wasn't long before the courgettes were ready to be pricked out. The Midnight were ready first, so they got pricked out. The original Sunstripe we sowed rotted off unfortunately, so we sowed a couple more and one of those came, so that's been pricked out now, albeit a few days later. This is the two Midnight before we... Continue Reading →
So we've done courgettes, lettuces and beetroot that are planted out into containers. However, we thought we'd do a few containers that we were going to sow the seeds straight in to. We prepare the containers in exactly the same way: Put some garden soil into the bottom of the container to provide the pot... Continue Reading →
A quick sugar snap pea update! We sowed these on 26 April, and the first signs of them germinating was on 2 May, so just under a week. We had been checking on them each day to see whether they'd germinated. When we sowed them, we covered with a couple of sheets of newspaper to... Continue Reading →
We sowed some courgettes earlier on in the year which are currently growing away in the polytunnel in the hope of getting an earlier crop. We even have our first flower! Although as predicted, the first flower to open is a female flower (the flowers that bear the courgettes), but there is no male flower... Continue Reading →
Dad had grown some Little Gem lettuces to go out in the garden. He had a handful left over, and we didn't want them to go to waste, so I've snapped them up and am going to grow them in a container. Although if you read many of our blog posts you'll be bored of... Continue Reading →
Hopefully you've been finding our "trial brassica" journey interesting and helpful so far. And this is where it really begins - the planting out! Before planting out, we gave each plant the usual treatment - a good soak in some diluted Maxicrop seaweed. We find that this gives the plants a good start when they're... Continue Reading →
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