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Focus on September – Quick Growing Asian Greens
If you are looking for a different brand of edible leaf, (that’s more interesting than lettuce), try sowing Asian Greens this Autumn. They are green, red, spicy, serrated, large to frilly to round leaves, with a taste ranging from mild to pungent. These cool weather loving leafy greens are common in Asian Cuisine. You may…
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Why You Shouldn’t Sow Vegetables in Wet Weather (and What to Do Instead)
Thinking of sowing or digging after rain? Wet weather can cause waterlogged soil, seed rot, and compacted beds. Discover why you shouldn’t sow vegetables in wet soil and what to do instead for a healthy, thriving veg garden
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Challenge Brassica – Part 3 – Planting & Spacings for Brassica’s
It’s Planting time, here comes the fun bit. First things first, we need to check the spacing on the types of Brassica we are growing to check they have plenty of room to grow sideways and not bump into another plant. If your plants touch, then air doesn’t flow which means your plant could be…
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Sow, Grow & Harvest in September 2024 – Timeline
September 2024 Weather Daylight Hours in September in UK: 11 Hours and 39 minutes. Find out your daylight hours by Town in the UK. Weather in September 24: Very Mild with temperatures approx 20 degrees centigrade for the first few weeks, with thunderstorms and rain in the third week. Temperatures taking a tumble in the…
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Challenge Brassica – Part 2 – Soil Replenishing & The No Dig Method
It’s hard to believe but Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale and kohl Rabi all belong to the same family ‘Brassica Oleracea’. This means Wild Cabbage. Brassica’s are all leaves (apart from cauliflowers) and they need nitrogen in the soil and lots of it to form those rich in nutrients green leaves. These green leaves are…
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Autumn Vegetable Garden – Video Walkthrough
It is September and Autumn is here. There is a visible shift in the Vegetable Garden in Autumn, the nights draw in, daylight hours reduce to 12 hours and growing slows down. There are the Autumn harvests to look forward to like the squashes and pumpkins that are fattening up or ripening. And the joy…
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Vegetables To Sow & Plant in September
In the UK, September seems to be a mixture of a last minute Indian summer and autumn trying to push in as well. There’s still a few things you can sow and plant in September. By all these lovely tokens, September days are here. With summer’s best of weather and autumn’s best of cheer.” –…
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The Humble Chive Plant – Harvest Free Seeds Next Year
Chives, have you ever tried growing them? They are the unsung heroes of the vegetable garden and the gift that keeps on giving! All About Chives Chives are part of the allium family and are a perennial which means they can live in the ground for up to 3 years or more. Chives can be…
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Onions from Sets – Signs Your Onions are Ready for Harvest
It’s the first year I’ve grown Onions from sets which were started in cell trays and the onions are looking very successful. I’m growing ‘Hercules F1’ white skin onions. I planted them in cell trays back in March – How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Planting Video I’ve also…
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