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 wanted to spend a bit of time reminiscing about 2020 and the three favourite crops we grew. Despite 2020 being what can only be described as a bit of a peculiar year for all of us, it did also have some upsides for me personally. Working from home and the various lockdowns throughout the... Continue Reading →
The first sowing of container courgettes are continuing in the way they started off - the British Summertime is growing quite wildly on the left hand side (probably because it is not designed to be shoved in a container!) and the Midnight which are the three on the left are growing incredibly compactly, as you... Continue Reading →
The Sunstripe courgette has got its first courgettes forming - very exciting! And as advertised, it is virtually spineless which is great news, as the spines can be very prickly at times, and for some reason seem to react with my skin to give me a rash! The Midnight are further ahead. We've already had... Continue Reading →
We now have two sowings of container courgettes planted out. The earlier sowing are doing tremendously well now they have got going, producing one courgette per plant every 2 days on average (depending on the weather of course). Here's one of our recent harvests! The plants are doing well in their containers, and we are... 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 →
The 4 plants we started off in the polytunnel and moved outside last weekend are loving life so far! It's amazing how much they've grown in just 7 days. They've grown so much in fact, that we've had to tie them up this week. We tie the plants up to the stake every 4-6" to... Continue Reading →
We sowed our main sowing of courgettes for containers on 26 April. These were planted outside in their containers on 24 May, so they don't take long really! As a reminder, we have a Midnight and a Sunstripe in this sowing. As with our other planting out in containers, we make a hold just larger than the pot the... Continue Reading →
We would usually sow our courgettes around the third week in April. This means that by the time they are ready to plant out, the chance of a frost is reduced where we live, therefore giving them the best start to their growing lives. Given the lockdown we're currently under, we thought we'd sow a... Continue Reading →
We were so pleased with how our Midnight courgettes grew last year in containers that we wanted to give them a try again this year. We did quite a late sowing, as there were already some that Dad had grown in the garden during the first part of the season, so we wanted some that would... Continue Reading →
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