Tag: April

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Sowing Pak Choi in March to May for a Summer Harvest

    Sowing Pak Choi in March to May for a Summer Harvest

    I didn’t know you could grow Pak Choi in the Summer time. I thought they were an autumn growing plant and as I was looking at a seed catalogue online, they came up to start sowing in March to May for a Summer Harvest. Pak Choi has a long oval shaped leaf with a small…

  • It’s All About Peas – Very Early Peas planted out into the ground in early April.

    It’s All About Peas – Very Early Peas planted out into the ground in early April.

    As part of my plan to grow peas for most of this year successionally (which means one after another), it’s now early April and the very early peas variety: Oskar have been planted outside in our raised bed. The 9 pea plants are each about 3 inches high. The very early pea ‘Oskar’ were sown…

  • 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…

  • 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…