Category: May

  • Lettuce and Pak Choi Harvest in Late May and Early June

    Lettuce and Pak Choi Harvest in Late May and Early June

    This year has been a successful year for Green Lettuce and a poor year for red Lettuce as only one seed germinated. I sowed 3 types of lettuce this year, a romaine green lettuce, a red lettuce and a light green loose leaf lettuce – Black Seeded Simpson. This is the first time I’ve had…

  • Growing Unusual Vegetables – Summer Squash – Petty Pan (Sow Apr-Early June & Harvest July onwards)

    Growing Unusual Vegetables – Summer Squash – Petty Pan (Sow Apr-Early June & Harvest July onwards)

    Summer squash is a unique shaped scalloped little vegetable and does not look anything like a butternut squash. It has a flying saucer shape to it and it can fit in the palm of your hand. They come in white, yellow and green. Summer squashes come in two types, Baby Squash also known as Petty…

  • It’s time to Sow Pumpkins in May in the UK

    It’s time to Sow Pumpkins in May in the UK

    There are so many varieties of Pumpkin to grow, there’s one type for everyone and every size garden. Pumpkins Variety – Baby Bear We are sowing Variety – Baby Bear this year. This is a small variety and each pumpkin grows up to 1kg in weight and is a perfect meal for one. There’s usually…

  • Early May Updates – Vegetable Growing Progress

    Early May Updates – Vegetable Growing Progress

    There’s has been lots of progress this past month, here’s some of my highlights on my vegetable plot and greenhouse. The greenhouse has been great in the cold, windy and wetter weather. Seeds have still been germinating in approximately 7 to 10 days. And there’s still room in the greenhouse which is great. Yesterday the…

  • Growing Pumpkins for Halloween

    We are so excited as we haven’t grown Pumpkins before and we have always wanted to grow our own pumpkins in time for Halloween. We are sowing variety: Jack O Lantern – This variety is a perfect size for carving lanterns with soft orange flesh. Sow: May to June Harvest: September to October Top Tips…

  • Pea flowers mean Pea Pods on the way

    I’m so excited, as it will soon be time to pick the peas in the vegetable garden that never make it to the kitchen. I love the first peas of the season and the pea flowers are so dainty, white and I could look at them all day long. Then come the bees and insects…

  • Part 4 – How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…

  • Week 2 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Pea’s have been planted out and are shooting up I sowed my Peas in root trainers on 20th March and planted them out towards the end of April. They have been in the ground for 2 weeks now and settled in and have started to shoot up the netted wigwams. They have not been protected…

  • 5 Easy Vegetables to Grow in May in your Garden

    1. Radish Radishes have got to be the Number 1 easiest vegetable to grow. Push the seeds into the soil in March onwards in pots or the ground and ‘hay presto’ a radish after a minimum of 4 weeks. Radishes are a great vegetable to start children off growing with as they are a quick…