Category: May

  • Growing Baby Bear Pumpkins

    Growing Baby Bear Pumpkins

    I have been growing pumpkins for the first time this year, we sowed them in May and it’s now early October and we have a success with Pumpkin ‘Baby Bear’. We now have two baby pumpkins in our raised bed from one plant. One is still unripe and turning from green to orange. The other…

  • Interesting Vegetables: Growing Ball Courgettes – Green Striped Ball – Piccolo F1

    Interesting Vegetables: Growing Ball Courgettes – Green Striped Ball – Piccolo F1

    The shape of these courgettes fascinates me and how they grow on the courgette plant. One of the best things about growing your own vegetables is the wide variety of shapes and different varieties you can grow yourself and not find in the shops. Why grow normal courgettes, when you can grow ball courgettes? A…

  • Late May Update – Vegetable Growing Progress

    Late May Update – Vegetable Growing Progress

    The growing month has been definitely May and I’m sure it will continue into June. All my plants have grown substantially in May and now there’s hardly anything left in the greenhouse as almost everything has been planted outside. Here’s a Video Walkthrough of my Vegetable Garden in Video in Late May. Vegetables planted out…

  • 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

    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

    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…

  • Week 4 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Week 4 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    This week I’m sowing Dwarf Beans. I have been delaying the sowing of dwarf beans to check it’s the right temperature for germination. I must admit I’m quite excited this year as I’m growing a few different varieties that I’ve grown before and one new one Dwarf Borlotto Bean. It’s grown for its colourful red…