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…
Our cucumber, courgette and cucamelon plants are doing brilliantly. Following a slow start, the cucumber plant is coming on strides now and is much stronger. For a start, it could only support one cucumber at a time, but now it's growing three or four with ease! These are the last two cucumbers that we harvested... Continue Reading →
The brassicas we sowed and pricked out a few weeks ago are now ready to plant out. We had a few cauliflowers and one broccoli plant to plant out. Dad gave us a bit of his vegetable patch to plant them out in as they need a fair bit of space to grow properly. We... Continue Reading →
They only take about a week from sowing to harvest - what could possibly go wrong?! Mung beans are a great one for first time growers and also to encourage kids as it doesn't take very long at all to see results! They are also a great thing to grow at this time of year... Continue Reading →
Today we potted on Emily's Gogorez peppers - they definitely needed some more room! They're also currently doing a little better than mine at the moment! We filled the pots up about half way with soil, and then topped with compost: Next, we made some room in the centre of each pot large enough to... 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 →
Lots of the herbs have already been planted out, for example mint, parsley, sage, lovage, chives and tarragon. These were started off from seed earlier in the year (around March time) and were planted out towards the middle of May. However, a couple of herbs we grow don't take as long to grow, and tend... Continue Reading →
We helped sow some brassicas today: cauliflowers and calabrese. Like with most things, we sow our brassicas and grow them on in pots before planting out to give them the best chance. Firstly, we filled 1/4 seed trays with Levingtons Seed and Modular compost and dampened the compost with a fine rose watering can. We... Continue Reading →
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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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