Tag: August

  • 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…

  • How To Harvest Spring Planted Garlic

    How To Harvest Spring Planted Garlic

    I really needed to plant some Garlic this year but I’d missed the usual Autumn planting months of September to November, So I decided to try Spring Planted Garlic planted in March but would I actually get any Garlic cloves? (See my original post earlier this year – Growing Spring Planting Garlic in Mid March…

  • The Little Things, Impact The Most – Weeds & Mulch

    The Little Things, Impact The Most – Weeds & Mulch

    The little things in life, impact the most. We all know a break in our routine for a thought to do something nice for someone, a positive comment, a compliment, even just making someone a cup of tea, are little things that make a difference in our daily life. My husband made a vertical Onion…

  • Vegetables to Sow in August & Bulbs to Pre-Order

    Vegetables to Sow in August & Bulbs to Pre-Order

    It’s August and there’s still time to sow Vegetables to eat before Winter in December and there’s still time to sow seeds to bag a Spring Harvest. Also now is the time to Pre-order your Onion Sets & Garlic Online (if you are in the UK) ready to plant in November to Harvest July &…

  • Grow Veg Challenge – Grow your Own Coleslaw

    Grow Veg Challenge – Grow your Own Coleslaw

    One of my Projects this year is to Grow my Own Coleslaw. This is quite an interesting project as there are three vegetables I need to be able to harvest at the same time in order to achieve making the coleslaw in July or August. What is Coleslaw? Coleslaw or Slaw in the UK is…

  • August Sowings Update – Planting Winter Veg in the Ground

    August Sowings Update – Planting Winter Veg in the Ground

    It’s been a few weeks since I sowed the late summer sowings. The Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, kale, spring cabbage and fennel are now seedlings and ready to be planted out in my raised beds. However anything from the Brassica family i.e Cauliflower, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage and Kale still needs to be planted under netting in…

  • And Finally… The Italian Job – Tomato Harvest in Late August

    And Finally… The Italian Job – Tomato Harvest in Late August

    And finally the Italian beefsteak tomatoes – Variety: Costoluto Genovese have gone red. They have been in the greenhouse and due to the stems getting so heavy they fell over so they have now all been harvested. Update on the Greenhouse Growbag watering system In May, I posted – My Tomato Growing Setup about my…

  • Yellow, Orange, Red – Colour Changing Sweet Rams Horn Peppers

    Yellow, Orange, Red – Colour Changing Sweet Rams Horn Peppers

    The 6 months care and attention needed to look after the Sweet Peppers is finally paying off and they are rewarding plants by giving a fantastic colour change display from yellow to orange to deep red. The Sweet Peppers I’m growing this year were started off in a seed tray indoors sown in February. Sweet…

  • 1 Courgette, 2 Courgette, 3 Courgette and more..

    1 Courgette, 2 Courgette, 3 Courgette and more..

    It’s certainly been a bumper year for courgettes, I thought I’d never say this but when do they stop?! I thought that 3 ball courgettes per plant on two plants were just enough to deal with, my husband decided to give the plants a feed with Tomato-rite and two weeks later, we have more to…

  • August is definitely the month for Harvests – Blackberries, squash, courgettes, Carrots, tomatoes.

    August is definitely the month for Harvests – Blackberries, squash, courgettes, Carrots, tomatoes.

    The August vegetable harvests just keep coming week by week and they are truly colourful. There is such a variety of vegetables and fruit to pick and create some magic in the kitchen with. Garlic Butter Vegetables Last night we picked a ball courgette, baby yellow squash, tomatoes, sweetcorn and spinach. I made a garlic…